Autonomous territorial unit

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.^[1]

In 2005, Moldovan law also recognized the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester.^[2] 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

1. Central Intelligence Agency (2009). CIA World Factbook 2010. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 455. ISBN 978-1-60239-727-9.
2. 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.