Telenești

Teleneşti
Teleneşti Location within Moldova
Coordinates: 47°30′10″N 28°22′0″E / 47.50278°N 28.36667°E / 47.50278; 28.36667Coordinates: 47°30′10″N 28°22′0″E / 47.50278°N 28.36667°E / 47.50278; 28.36667
Country	Republic of Moldova
Raion (district)	Telenești
Area
• Total	53,6 km2 (207 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	8,100
• Density	151/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Teleneşti (Romanian pronunciation: [teleˈneʃtʲ]) is a city in Moldova, located 91 kilometres to the north of the capital city, Chişinău. Teleneşti is the administrative center of the eponymous district. Three villages are administered by the city: Mihălaşa, Mihălaşa Nouă and Izvoraş. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,855, 89 percent of whom were Moldovan.^[1]

Media

• Jurnal FM – 88.2 MHz

Notable people

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

Religion

The Cathedral of St. Elijah from Teleneşti is one of the newest representative architectural monument. Ţurcan Vasile is the priest of the St. Elijah Cathedral. The construction of Cathedral started in 2006.

References

• Axentie Blanovschi: Teleneşti, Ed. Timpul Chişinău, 1986

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