Hertsa or Herţa (in Romanian

Romanian language

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) is a city

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 located in Chernivtsi Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast

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 in western Ukraine

Ukraine

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. It is the administrative center

Capital City

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 of Hertsa Raion.
The city is the smallest raion

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 administrative center in Ukraine

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 and is located close to the Romania

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n border. Until 1992 Hertsa was part of Hlyboka Raion.

Some Romanians

Romanians

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 still have a strong sentiment of discontent about the fact that the town and the Hertza region

Hertza region

Hertza region is the territory of an administrative district of Hertsa in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine, on the Romanian border...

 (still largely populated by native Romanians

Romanians

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) was annexed by the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 in 1940. It was later attached to the Ukrainian SSR

Ukrainian SSR

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. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, it has been part of independent Ukraine. The town has a large Romanian community as well as an important Ukrainian minority.