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Telenești
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TeleneștiLocation within Moldova
Coordinates: 47°30′10″N 28°22′0″E / 47.50278°N 28.36667°E / 47.50278; 28.36667
Country	Moldova
Raion (district)	Telenești
Area
• Total	536 km (207 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population
• Total	7,227
• Density	13/km (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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

References

1. 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 1 May 2017.
2. "Moldovan 2004 census results". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2008.

External links

• Teleneşti, Moldova at JewishGen

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