Draft:List of cities and towns on the Dniester river

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Map of the Dniester

This is a list of cities and towns on the Dniester river (Ukrainian: Дністер, Romanian: Nistru), which flows through Ukraine and Moldova.

With a total length of 1,362 km, the Dniester is almost equally distributed between the two countries:

  • 48.2% (657 km) flows through Moldova.
  • 51.8% (705 km) flows through Ukraine.

Considering only the portion of the river that flows through each country, the Dniester is the third-longest river in Ukraine (after the Dnieper at 981 km and the Southern Bug at 806 km) and the second-longest in Moldova (after the Prut at 695 km).

Any city or town which is located on the bank of the Dniester river can be included in this list. The cities and towns are sorted by the latest available number of inhabitants.

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Rank Name of city / town Image Inhabitants Estab­lished Present country Notes
1 Tiraspol 128,979

(01.01.2022)

1792

(founded)

 Moldova The second-largest city in Moldova, the largest in Transnistria.
2 Tighina (Bender) 83,919

(2023)

1408

(first mentioned)

 Moldova The fourth-largest city in Moldova, the second-largest in Transnistria.
3 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 47,727

(2022)

6th century BC

(Greek colony of Tyras)

 Ukraine The largest Ukrainian city on the Dniester. Located on the right bank of the Dniester Estuary, in the historical region of Budjak.
4 Rîbnița 43,987

(2020)

1628

(first mentioned)

 Moldova The fifth-largest city in Moldova, the third-largest in Transnistria.
5 Sambir 34,152

(2022)

1241

(founded)

 Ukraine The second-largest Ukrainian city on the Dniester. The river originates 40 km to the southwest of Sambir.
6 Mohyliv-Podilskyi 29,925

(2022)

1595

(first mentioned)

 Ukraine The third-largest Ukrainian city on the Dniester.
7 Dubăsari 22,800

(2019)

1523

(first mentioned)

 Moldova The eight-largest city in Moldova, the fourth-largest in Transnistria.
8 Soroca 19,093

(2023)

1499

(first mentioned)

 Moldova The tenth-largest city in Moldova.