Bender, Moldova

Bender Tighina[1]
Municipality
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Municipality of Bender (in red)
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Coordinates: 46°50′N 29°29′E / 46.833°N 29.483°E / 46.833; 29.483
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria[a]
Founded	1408
Government
• Head of the State Administration of Bendery	Nikolai Gliga[2]
Area
• Total	97.29 km2 (37.56 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	91,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
Climate	Cfb
Website	bendery-ga.org

Bender ([benˈder], Moldovan Cyrillic: Бендер) or Bendery (Russian: Бендеры, [bʲɪnˈdɛrɨ]), also known as Tighina (Moldovan Cyrillic: Тигина), is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) (PMR) since 1992. It is located on the western bank of the river Dniester in the Romanian historical region of Bessarabia.

Together with its suburb Proteagailovca, the city forms a municipality, which is separate from Transnistria (as an administrative unit of Moldova) according to Moldovan law. Bender is located in the buffer zone established at the end of the 1992 War of Transnistria. While the Joint Control Commission has overriding powers in the city, Transnistria has de facto administrative control.

The fortress of Tighina was one of the important historic fortresses of the Principality of Moldova until 1812.

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