Chișinău (mda)

Chișinău

Chișinău ranks 332nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Trieste, Glendale, California, and Weimar. Memorable people born in Chișinău include Lewis Milestone, Avigdor Lieberman, and Vladimir Purishkevich. Memorable people who died in Chișinău include Mircea Snegur, Grigore Vieru, and Alexei Mateevici. Chișinău has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Chișinău is located in Moldova.

Chișinău is the capital and largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc, a tributary of the Dniester. According to the results of the 2014 census, the city proper had a population of 532,513, while the population of the Municipality of Chișinău was 700,000. Chișinău is the most economically prosperous locality in Moldova and its largest transportation hub. Nearly a third of Moldova's population lives in the metro area. Read more on Wikipedia