Telenești
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.[2]
Telenești | |
---|---|
Telenești Location within Moldova | |
Coordinates: 47°30′10″N 28°22′0″E | |
Country | Moldova |
Raion (district) | Telenești |
Area | |
• Total | 53,6 km2 (207 sq mi) |
Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,227 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Media
- Jurnal FM – 88.2 MHz
Notable people
- Angel Agache, Moldovan politician.
- 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.
Further reading
- Axentie Blanovschi: Telenești, Ed. Timpul Chișinău, 1986
- Teleneshty (p. 421) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation
gollark: In a sane system it would make more sense to just make the courses a year longer to cover background material instead of forcing people through 4 years of extremely expensive education.
gollark: Having to do 4 years of schooling before medicine-specific stuff seems dubiously useful.
gollark: Medical degrees here are like regular undergraduate ones but I think somewhat more government-specified and a bit longer.
gollark: Memorizing vast amounts of random information is probably less important now you can look it up quickly too.
gollark: Some tests are apparently okay. But I would be fine with a doctor who didn't do well on standardized testing but did fine otherwise.
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.