Soroca
Moldovan city situated on the Dniester river
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Summary
Soroca is a city[1]. Soroca draws 1,194 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #652 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Soroca District[3]
- Country: Moldova[4]
- Head of government: Lilia Pilipețchi[5]
- Instance of: municipality of Moldova[6]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bujerauca[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Flămânzi[8], Ferrara[9], Yampil[10], Dolhasca[11], Buzău[12], Suceava[13], Bryansk[14], Khotyn[15], Balta[16], Rēzekne[17], Fălticeni[18], Bistrița[19], Wuhan[20]
- Postal code: MD-3005[21]
- Commons category: Soroca[22]
- Licence plate code: SR[23]
- Local dialing code: 230[24]
- Inception: 1499[25]
- Official website: http://www.primsoroca.md/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Soroca[27]
- Population: 22,196[28], 21,135[29]
- Time of earliest written record: July 12, 1499[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Soroca[31]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Q113258072[37], Enciclopedia României[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39]
- Capital of: Soroca District[40], Sorokskij County[41], Soroca County[42], Plasa Soroca, județul Soroca[43], Județul Soroca (RSSM)[44]
- Official name: Soroca[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Soroca[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Soroca[47]
- Female population: 11,384[48]
- Male population: 9751[49]
- Native label: Soroca[50]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Soroca[51]
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Physical Characteristics
Soroca covers an area of 11.88 km²[52]. Soroca sits at an elevation of 45 m[53].
Why It Matters
Soroca has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Soroca is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]