Otaci - Wikipedia
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For the Ukrainian village called Atachi in Romanian, see Ataky.
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 Otaci as seen from the Ukrainian town of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, July 2006. The tower block in the foreground collapsed in 2019. | |
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Otaci | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′48″N 27°47′38″E / 48.43000°N 27.79389°E | |
| Country | Moldova |
| District | Ocnița District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vasili Traghira (2015; PDM)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total |  6,043 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | MD-7106 |
| Area code | +373 271 |
Otaci (formerly Ataki, Russian Атаки) is a town (population 8,400) on the southwestern bank of the Dniester River, which at that point forms the northeastern border of Moldova. On the opposite side of the Dniester lies the Ukrainian city of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, and the two municipalities are connected by a bridge over the river. Otaci is located in Ocnița District.
During the interwar period, Otaci was the seat of Plasa Otaci, in Soroca County, Romania.[3] In 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Red Army entered Bessarabia and incorporated it into the Soviet Union. In 1991 Moldova became independent, and in 1994 Otaci achieved the status of oraș (town).[4]
On 19 June 2019, Otaci was the site of an apartment building collapse. One of the 2 tower blocks in the town collapsed shortly after it was evacuated, leaving no one injured. It is believed that the building, when constructed in the 1970s, was built on muddy soil, and the foundations were damaged over the years.[5]
- Samuel Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- Aaron Goodelman, American sculptor
- Boris Holban, Franco-Romanian communist activist
- Samuil Lehtțir, Soviet Moldovan poet and literary critic
- Tully Filmus, American painter
- ^ "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ "Judeţul Soroca". Portretul României interbelice (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ "Otaci, raionul Ocniţa". moldovenii.md (in Moldavian). Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ "Un bloc de nouă etaje s-a prăbușit în Republica Moldova" (in Romanian). Digi24. June 19, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- Ataki/Atachi/Otaci (pp. 350–353) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation