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Drochia
Sign in to saveDrochia () is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iași. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606.
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Drochia is a city and urban-type settlement in Moldova, serving as the capital of Drochia District. The municipality was established in 1889, with its earliest written record dating to 1895. It is situated at an elevation of 226 meters above sea level. The city has a population of 13,150, comprising 5,862 males and 7,077 females.
Administratively, Drochia uses the postal code MD-5202 and the local dialing code 252. Its official website is primariadrochia.md. The city is twinned with Barysaw, Dorohoi, Kolomyia, and Rădăuți.
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- Locality
- Drochia
- Region
- Drochia
- Country
- Moldova
- Population
- 16,080
- Timezone
- Europe/Chisinau
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Drochia
- Settlement.image_caption
- Drochia
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Drochia.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Stema Drochiei.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Moldova
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Moldova
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Moldova
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drochia District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Cereteu Nina (PN), since 2015
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1777
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban-type settlement
- Official name
- Drochia
- Country
- Moldova
- Located in
- Drochia District
- Population
- 12939
- Elevation
- 226
- Official website
- www.primariadrochia.md
- Image
- Дрокия, дом культуры Casa raionala de cultura din Drochia Drochia House of Culture (43533051121).jpg
- Dialing code
- 252
- Licence plate code
- DR
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Historical demographics
- Media
- Mayors of Drochia
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- Notable people
- Photo gallery
- References
- External links
Drochia () is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iași. 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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drochia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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