Autonomous territorial unit

An autonomous territorial unit (ATU; Romanian: Unitate teritorială autonomă, UTA) is an administrative division of Moldova.

This article is about the territory in Moldova. For autonomous regions worldwide, see Autonomous administrative division.

Originally, Gagauzia was the only such unit.

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

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