Costești, Moldova

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Costeşti
City
Costeşti Location in Moldova
Coordinates: 47°51′30″N 27°15′31″E / 47.85833°N 27.25861°E / 47.85833; 27.25861Coordinates: 47°51′30″N 27°15′31″E / 47.85833°N 27.25861°E / 47.85833; 27.25861
Country	Moldova
District	Rîşcani District
Population (2012)
• Total	4,400
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Costeşti (Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈteʃtʲ]) is a city in Rîşcani district, in northern Moldova.

Overview

Costeşti has a population of 4,109 at the 2004 census. It is composed of the city itself, population 2,247, and four villages: Dămăşcani, population 361, Duruitoarea, population 379, Păscăuţi, population 950, and Proscureni, population 172.

Costeşti is also a border checkpoint to Romania.

v t e Cities of Moldova (alphabetical order)

Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Bălți Bender (Tighina)²

Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat³ Tiraspol^1,3

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 cities	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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