Bender

Moldova / Tighina /
Bender, also known as Tighina (Romanian/Moldovan: Tighina, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тигина, Russian: Бендéры/Bendery; Ukrainian: Бендéри/Bendery) is a city controlled by the authorities of Transnistria, the breakaway region of Moldova, although geographically on the right bank of the river Dniester. Together with the village of Proteagailovca, the city forms a municipality, which Moldova considers separate from Transnistria. Tighina is located in the buffer zone established at the end of the War of Transnistria. While the Joint Control Commission has overriding powers, Transnistria has de facto administrative control over the city and both Moldova and breakaway Transnistria have small police forces in the city.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender,_Moldova
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Coordinates:   46°49'49"N   29°27'4"E

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  • Andy17: On the international maps this city is registered as Tighina, no "Бендеры". On Russian write somehow, on English adhere to the international laws.
  • The name used by Google Maps is Bender. The official name according to the Moldovan law is also Bender. So the English name of the tag should be Bender, rather than Tighina.
  • No, the official name in Moldova is Tighina !
  • I live in this city. he's name BENDERY(Бендеры). Tighina is romanian name,bat this no romania
  • This is Tighina not Bender, Tighina is the official name of the city part of Republic of Moldova!
  • That's the city where the world-famous "shiny metal ass" is located. Thousands of people come each year to bite it!
  • Bender is a Otoman name but the romanian name of the city and it historical name is Tighina.
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