Caragaș

Caragaș
Карагаш (Russian and Ukrainian)
Village
Caragaș
Coordinates: 46°46′50″N 29°41′4″E / 46.78056°N 29.68444°E / 46.78056; 29.68444
Country (de jure) Moldova
Country (de facto) Transnistria
Elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Population
 (2000)
1,800
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Caragaș (Moldovan Cyrillic, Ukrainian, and Russian: Карагаш, romanized: Karagash) is a village in the Slobozia District of Transnistria, Moldova. It is currently under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic.

According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 4,766 inhabitants, of which 3,384 (71%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 436 (9.14%) Ukrainians and 820 (17.2%) Russians.