Chișinău
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Chişinău (Romanie pronunciation: [kiʃiˈnəw]; or Kishinev (afore 1991), Roushie: Кишинёв, Kishinyov) is the caipital an lairgest municipality o Moldovae. It is an aa its main industrial an commercial centre an is locatit in the middle o the kintra, on the river Bîc. The population o the ceety is 592,900 (2007) that grows tae 911,400 in the hale metropolitan aurie.
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Location o Chișinău in Moldovae | |
Coordinates: 47°0′00″N 28°55′00″E | |
Kintra | Moldovae |
Foondit | 1436 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Dorin Chirtoacă, syne 2007 |
Area | |
• City | 571 km2 (220 sq mi) |
Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
Population (1 January 2012)[1] | |
• City | 1,129,300 |
• Density | 1392.3/km2 (3,606/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,211,800 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | MD-20xx |
Area code(s) | +373 22 |
Website | www.chisinau.md |
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Chişinău is the maist economically prosperous locality in Moldovae, an its lairgest transportation hub. As the maist economically an socially important municipality in Moldovae, the ceety haes a braid reenge o eddicational facilities.