page_title: Ștefan Vodă District
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ștefan Vodă District / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Вид з українського автошляху М 15 на село Паланка (Штефан-Водський район), Молдова English: View from Ukrainian road M15 towards the village of Palanca, Ştefan Vodă district, Moldova Română: Fotografie făcută de pe drumul M15 rutier ucrainean spre satul Palanca, Raionul Ștefan Vodă, Moldova
context_page_description: Ștefan Vodă is a district in the south-east of Moldova, with the administrative center at Ștefan Vodă.
  As of 1 January 2011, its population was 71,900. The city is situated 100 km from Chișinău and 100 km from Odessa, Ukraine.
context_section_description: Stefan Vodă district is located in south-eastern part of the Republic of Moldova. Neighborhood has the following districts: Causeni District in the northwest, Slobozia District in the northeast, and the state border with Ukraine in the south and east. The landscape is predominantly plain, slightly fractured, the highest altitude around 210–230 m in the western part of district. Minimum altitude 2–5 m in the Lower Nistru Plain. Erosion processes with a low intensity.
caption: Palanca and Nistru river
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