Drochia

Drochia
Flag Coat of arms
Drochia Location in Moldova
Coordinates: 48°2′N 27°45′E / 48.033°N 27.750°E / 48.033; 27.750Coordinates: 48°2′N 27°45′E / 48.033°N 27.750°E / 48.033; 27.750
Country	Moldova
District	Drochia District
Established	1777
Government
• Mayor	Igor Grozavu, since 2011
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Population (2012)
• Total	20,400
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	MD-52xx
Area code(s)	+373 252 xx x xx

Drochia is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located 174.4 km (108.4 mi) north of the national capital, Chişinău, and 67 km (42 mi) north-east of the Romanian city of Iaşi. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606.

The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called dropie (English: great bustard).

History

Drochia is first mentioned by chroniclers in 1777. By 1830 it was a small settlement encompassing 25 families. A document dating from 1847 notes that a small grape-processing plant, the town's first industrial enterprise, had been built. Two mills situated on a local stream were built in 1875.

More intensive industrial development emerged after the railway first came through at the end of the 19th century. At the 1930 census, the locality (then a village) was known as Drochia-Gară (literally Drochia Station), and had a population of only 595. It was part of Plasa Bădiceni of the Soroca County.

Drochia received the status of a city in 1973.

Demographics

Media

• Radio Chişinău 93.8 FM
• Vocea Basarabiei 101,0
• Radio Studentus www.studentus.md/listen.html

Mayors of Drochia

• Anatol Pleşca 1991–1999
• Valeriu Ceban 1999–2007
• Grigore Melnic 2007 – 2011
• Igor Grozavu 2011 –

Photo gallery

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Drochia is twinned with:

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drochia.

External links

• Drochia Stadium on divizianationala.com
• Weather in Drochia
• Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School Webpage
• Drochia in Photos
• Meteo Moldova
• Drochia.md

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