Durlești

Also known as Durleşti

Durlești () is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova. Located on the northwestern outskirts of the capital, contiguous with the Buiucani sector, it is the largest of Chișinău’s suburbs.

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Place details

Locality: Durlești
Region: Chișinău Municipality
Country: Moldova
Population: 26,308

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Durlești
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Durlești, Moldova - panoramio (77).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: St. Nicholas Church in Durlești
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Durlești.gif
Settlement.image_shield: CoA of Durlești.gif
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: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Chișinău
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Eleonora Șaran
Settlement.leader_party: CUB
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: urban-type settlement
Country: Moldova
Located in: Chișinău Municipality
Population: 26308
Image: Chișinăul văzut dinspre Durlești.jpg
Dialing code: 22
Licence plate code: C

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twinned administrative body: Plovdiv
postal code: MD-2003
Commons category: Durlești
time of earliest written record: 1656-07-01
P12749: Rastatt
male population: 12494
female population: 13814

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Durlești () is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova. Located on the northwestern outskirts of the capital, contiguous with the Buiucani sector, it is the largest of Chișinău’s suburbs.

==History== Archaeological excavations indicate that the area of present-day Durlești has been inhabited since the early centuries of the 2nd millennium CE, with evidence of stable medieval settlements. The locality as known today developed from two earlier settlements — Cartușa and Durlești.

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