 According to the 2014 census, 1,144,428 residents or 38,2% live in cities while 1,853,807 are rural residents.The largest cities under the control of the constitutional authorities are Chișinău with 644,204 (with 590,631 actual urban dwellers) and Bălți with 102,457 (97,930 urban dwellers).The autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia has 134,535, out of which 48,666 or 36,2% are urban dwellers.