Cioburciu, Transnistria

Cioburciu (Moldovan Cyrillic: Чобурчию, Russian: Чобручи, romanized: Choburchi, Ukrainian: Чобручі, romanized: Choburchi) is a village in the Slobozia District of Transnistria, Moldova.

[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the breakaway Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR).

According to the unofficial census of 2004, the population of the village was 7,176 inhabitants, of which 6,214 (86.59%) Moldovans (Romanians), 457 (6.36%) Ukrainians and 436 (6.07%) Russians.

[2] During the 2025 Moldovan energy crisis, a retired couple died in Cioborciu from carbon monoxide poisoning after leaving a stove on and going to sleep.

[3] Cioburciu has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb)