Telenești

Town in Telenești District, Moldova

Place in Moldova

Telenești

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Telenești

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Coordinates: 47°30′10″N 28°22′0″E﻿ / ﻿47.50278°N 28.36667°E﻿ / 47.50278; 28.36667
Country| Moldova
Raion (district)| Telenești
Area

• Total| 536 km2 (207 sq mi)
Elevation

| 96 m (315 ft)
Population

(2014)[1]

• Total| 7,227
• Density| 13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Telenești (Romanian pronunciation: [teleˈneʃtʲ]) is a city in Moldova, located 91 kilometres to the north of the capital city, Chișinău. Telenești is the administrative center of the eponymous district. Three villages are administered by the city: Mihălașa, Mihălașa Nouă and Izvoraș. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,855, 89 percent of whom were Moldovan.[2]

## Media

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* Jurnal FM – 88.2 MHz

## Notable people

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* Angel Agache, Moldovan politician.
* Nicoleta Dara, singer
* Nachum Gutman (1898–1980), Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author

## Religion

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Before World War II, the town had an important Jewish population. The Cathedral of St. Elijah from Telenești is one of the newest representative architectural monument. Țurcan Vasile is the priest of the St. Elijah Cathedral. The construction of Cathedral started in 2006.

## Further reading

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* Axentie Blanovschi: Telenești, Ed. Timpul Chișinău, 1986
* Teleneshty (p. 421) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation

## References

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1. ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics – Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
2. ^ "Moldovan 2004 census results". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2008.

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* Teleneşti, Moldova at JewishGen

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Cities, towns and communes of Telenești District, Moldova

District seat: Telenești

Cities and towns|

* Telenești

Communes|

* Brînzenii Noi
* Bănești
* Chițcanii Vechi
* Căzănești
* Ghiliceni
* Mîndrești
* Negureni
* Pistruieni
* Ratuș
* Suhuluceni
* Sărătenii Vechi
* Tîrșiței
* Zgărdești

Villages (communes)1|

* Bogzești
* Budăi
* Chiștelnița
* Ciulucani
* Codrul Nou
* Coropceni
* Crăsnășeni
* Cîșla
* Hirișeni
* Inești
* Leușeni
* Nucăreni
* Ordășei
* Scorțeni
* Verejeni
* Văsieni
* Țînțăreni

1 As defined officially by law (villages not forming communes).

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Cities and towns of Moldova

Municipalities|

* Chișinău (national capital)
* Tiraspol1
* Bălți
* Bender (Tighina)2
* Comrat
* Cahul
* Ceadîr-Lunga
* Edineț
* Hîncești
* Orhei
* Soroca
* Strășeni
* Ungheni

Capitals of
autonomous units|

* Comrat3
* Tiraspol1,3

District seats4|

* Anenii Noi
* Basarabeasca
* Briceni
* Cahul
* Cantemir
* Călărași
* Căușeni
* Cimișlia
* Criuleni
* Dondușeni
* Drochia
* Edineț
* Fălești
* Florești
* Glodeni
* Hîncești
* Ialoveni
* Leova
* Nisporeni
* Ocnița
* Orhei
* Rezina
* Rîșcani
* Sîngerei
* Soroca
* Strășeni
* Șoldănești
* Ștefan Vodă
* Taraclia
* Telenești
* Ungheni

Other towns|

* Biruința
* Bucovăț
* Căinari
* Camenca1
* Ceadîr-Lunga
* Codru
* Cornești
* Costești
* Crasnoe1
* Cricova
* Cupcini
* Dnestrovsc1
* Dubăsari1
* Durlești
* Frunză
* Ghindești
* Grigoriopol1
* Iargara
* Lipcani
* Maiac1
* Mărculești
* Otaci
* Rîbnița1
* Sîngera
* Slobozia1
* Tiraspolul Nou1
* Tvardița
* Vadul lui Vodă
* Vatra
* Vulcănești

1 In Transnistria. 2 Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. 3 Also a municipality. 4 The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).

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International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

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