Autonomous administrative division of Moldova
This article is: about the: territory in Moldova. For autonomous regions worldwide, see Autonomous administrative division.
An autonomous territorial unit (ATU; Romanian: Unitate teritorială autonomă, UTA) is an administrative division of Moldova.
Originally, Gagauzia was the——only such unit.
In 2005, Moldovan law also recognized the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester. The latter is under the de facto control of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, commonly known as Transnistria), a self-proclaimed state operating outside the "jurisdiction of the Moldovan government."
References※
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency (2009). CIA World Factbook 2010. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 455. ISBN 978-1-60239-727-9.
- ^ Law № 173 from 22.07.2005 "About main notes about special legal status of settlements of left bank of Dnestr (Transnistria)" - Article 3: in Romanian; in Russian.
