Costești, Ialoveni
Costești | |
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Commune and village | |
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  Costești Location in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 46°52′4″N 28°46′8″E / 46.86778°N 28.76889°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| County | Ialoveni |
| Settled | 1573 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ion Marandici |
| Area | |
• Total | 68.82 km2 (26.57 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,907 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | MD-6813 |
Costești is a village in Ialoveni District, in central Moldova, with a population of 11,128 at the 2004 census.[2] It is the second largest rural locality in the country by population, three times larger than the homonymous city in the north of Moldova.
Notable people
[edit]- Teodor Bârcă, teacher and politician
- Constantin Bivol, agriculturalist and politician
- Victor Stepaniuc, historian and politician
- Ion Sula, politician
References
[edit]- ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
Externals links
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