Telenești

Telenești
Telenești 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)

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.^[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

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.

References

• Axentie Blanovschi: Telenești, Ed. Timpul Chișinău, 1986

Cities and towns of Moldova (alphabetical order)
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Bălți Bender (Tighina)2
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).