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Bendery

Bendery is a city in the unrecognized republic of , on the west or right bank of the Dniestr River.
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  • Type: City with 97,000 residents
  • Description: city in Transnistria, Republic of Moldova
  • Also known as: “Bendary”, “Bender”, “Bender, Moldova”, and “Tighina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bendery Fortress and Bendery-1.

Castle
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tighina Fortress was a 15th-century fortress on the right bank of the Dniester River in Bender, , built from earth and wood during the reign of Prince Stephen the Great.

Railway station
Photo: Listiglustig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station.

Church
Photo: Zserghei, Public domain.
The Transfiguration Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church in the Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari, Bender, a town controlled by , de facto independent territory of . Construction of the cathedral was started in 1814.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parcani and Proteagailovca.

Village
Photo: Maturion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a large commune and village in the Slobozia District of , a de facto independent entity within the internationally recognized borders of .

Village
is a village in the municipality of Bender, . It had a population of 3,142 at the 2004 Census. The locality, although situated on the right bank of the river , is under the control of the breakaway authorities.

Bendery

Latitude
46.8218° or 46° 49′ 19″ north
Longitude
29.4819° or 29° 28′ 55″ east
Population
97,000
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MD TBY
Open location code
8GRFRFCJ+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 265099165
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
618577
Wiki­data ID
Q192176
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Bendery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيندر، مولدوفيا”
  • Arabic: “بيندر”
  • Arabic: “تايينا، تايينا”
  • Armenian: “Բենդեր”
  • Armenian: “Բենդերի”
  • Armenian: “Տիգինա”
  • Asturian: “Bender”
  • Azerbaijani: “Benderı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bəndər”
  • Bashkir: “Бендеры”
  • Basque: “Bender”
  • Basque: “Bendery”
  • Belarusian: “Бендэр”
  • Belarusian: “Бендэры”
  • Belarusian: “Бэндэр”
  • Belarusian: “Бэндэры”
  • Belarusian: “Бяндэры”
  • Bengali: “বেন্ডার”
  • Bulgarian: “Бендер”
  • Bulgarian: “Бендери”
  • Bulgarian: “Тигина”
  • Catalan: “Bender”
  • Catalan: “Bendery”
  • Catalan: “Municipi de Bender”
  • Catalan: “Tighina”
  • Cebuano: “Bender (kapital sa distrito sa Moldabya)”
  • Cebuano: “Bender”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Bender”
  • Chinese: “宾杰里”
  • Chinese: “本德尔”
  • Chinese: “蒂吉纳”
  • Chinese: “賓傑里”
  • Croatian: “Bender”
  • Croatian: “Tighina”
  • Czech: “Bendery”
  • Czech: “Tighina”
  • Danish: “Bender”
  • Danish: “Tighina”
  • Dutch: “Arrondissement Tighina”
  • Dutch: “Bender”
  • Dutch: “Bendery”
  • Dutch: “Tighina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيندر”
  • Esperanto: “Bendero”
  • Estonian: “Bender”
  • Estonian: “Benderõ”
  • Estonian: “Tighina”
  • Finnish: “Bender”
  • Finnish: “Tighina”
  • French: “Bender-Tighina”
  • French: “Bender”
  • French: “Benderi”
  • French: “Bendery”
  • French: “Municipalité de Bender”
  • French: “Tighina”
  • Gagauz: “Bender”
  • Georgian: “ბენდერი”
  • German: “Bender”
  • German: “Bendery”
  • German: “Tighina”
  • Greek: “Μπεντέρ”
  • Greek: “Μπέντερ”
  • Gujarati: “બેન્ડર”
  • Hebrew: “בנדרי”
  • Hebrew: “טיגינה”
  • Hindi: “बेंडर, माल्डोवा”
  • Hindi: “बेंडर”
  • Hungarian: “Bender”
  • Indonesian: “Bender, Moldova”
  • Indonesian: “Bender”
  • Italian: “Bendery”
  • Italian: “Tighina”
  • Japanese: “ティギナ”
  • Japanese: “ベンデリ”
  • Japanese: “ベンデル”
  • Japanese: “ベンデルィ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಡರ್”
  • Korean: “벤데르”
  • Korean: “벤데리”
  • Korean: “티기나”
  • Latin: “Benderum”
  • Latvian: “Bendera”
  • Latvian: “Benderi”
  • Latvian: “Tigina”
  • Lithuanian: “Benderai”
  • Lithuanian: “Tigina”
  • Macedonian: “Бендер”
  • Malagasy: “Bender (Moldavia)”
  • Malagasy: “Bender”
  • Malay: “Bender”
  • Marathi: “बेन्डर”
  • Mingrelian: “ბენდერი”
  • Moksha: “Бэндэр”
  • Mongolian: “Бендер”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bendery”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tighina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bender”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benderi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bendery”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tighina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Бендéри”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Бендéры”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Бендер”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Тигина”
  • Norwegian: “Tighina”
  • Ossetian: “Бендеры”
  • Persian: “بندر، مولداوی”
  • Polish: “Bendery”
  • Polish: “Tehinia”
  • Polish: “Tighina”
  • Portuguese: “Bender”
  • Portuguese: “Tighina”
  • Pushto: “د مولداویا بندر”
  • Romanian: “Bender”
  • Romanian: “Municipiul Bender”
  • Romanian: “Municipiul Tighina”
  • Romanian: “Tighina”
  • Russian: “Бендер”
  • Russian: “Бендеры”
  • Russian: “Тигина”
  • Sardinian: “Tighina”
  • Scots: “Bender, Moldovae”
  • Scots: “Bender”
  • Serbian: “Бендер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bender, Moldavija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bender”
  • Silesian: “Tighina”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ඩර්”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ඩෙර්”
  • Slovak: “Bender”
  • Slovak: “Bendery”
  • Slovak: “Tighina”
  • Slovak: “Tigina”
  • Slovenian: “Bender”
  • Spanish: “Bender”
  • Spanish: “Tighina”
  • Swedish: “Bender”
  • Swedish: “Benderi”
  • Swedish: “Bendery”
  • Swedish: “Tighina”
  • Tamil: “பெண்டர்”
  • Tamil: “பெண்டெர்”
  • Telugu: “బెండెర్”
  • Thai: “ทิกีนา, เบนเดรี”
  • Thai: “เบนเดร์”
  • Turkish: “Bender”
  • Turkish: “Bendery”
  • Ukrainian: “Бендери”
  • Ukrainian: “Тигіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Тиґіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Тігіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Тіґіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Тягиня”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bender”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bjendery”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Tighina”
  • Urdu: “بیندر، مالدووا”
  • Uzbek: “Bender”
  • Vietnamese: “Bender, Moldova”
  • Vietnamese: “Bender”
  • Vietnamese: “Bendery”
  • Wu Chinese: “宾杰里”
  • Yakut: “Бендеры”
  • “Bendery”

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