Chișinău

Summary

Chișinău is a city^[1]. Chișinău ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,852 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chișinău received the Order of Lenin^[3].
• Chișinău is located in Chișinău Municipality^[4].
• Chișinău is in the country of Moldova^[5].
• Chișinău is on the body of water Bâc^[6].
• Chișinău's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Chișinău's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Chișinău's instance of is recorded as municipality^[9].
• Chișinău's official language is recorded as Moldovan^[10].
• Chișinău's flag is recorded as flag of Chișinău^[11].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Grenoble^[12].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Reggio Emilia^[13].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mannheim^[14].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sacramento^[15].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Odesa^[16].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bucharest^[17].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kyiv^[18].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yerevan^[19].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Minsk^[20].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tel Aviv^[21].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ankara^[22].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Iași^[23].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tbilisi^[24].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alba Iulia^[25].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hola^[26].
• Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vilnius^[27].

Body

Geography

Chișinău is in the country of Moldova^[5]. Chișinău is located in Chișinău Municipality^[4]. Chișinău is on the body of water Bâc^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+685900'}^[28], {'amount': '+532513'}^[29], {'amount': '+639000'}^[30], {'amount': '+589446'}^[31], {'amount': '+676700'}^[32], and {'amount': '+519200'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], big city^[8], and municipality^[9].

History and Context

1436 marks the founding of Chișinău^[34].

Why It Matters

Chișinău ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,852 views/month).^[2] Chișinău has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Chișinău is known by 141 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

FAQs

What awards did Chișinău receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin^[3].