Costești, Rîșcani

Costești
Costești
City
	Costești Location in Moldova
	Coordinates: 47°51′30″N 27°15′31″E / 47.85833°N 27.25861°E
Country	Moldova
District	Rîșcani District
Population (2014)
• Total	3,507
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Costeşti (Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈteʃtʲ]) is a city in Rîșcani District, in northern Moldova.

Overview

Costești has a population of 4,109 at the 2004 census. It is composed of the city itself, population 2,247, and four villages: Dămășcani, population 361, Duruitoarea, population 379, Păscăuți, population 950, and Proscureni, population 172.

The Stânca-Costeşti Dam is a dam on the Prut River and a checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The dam is located between Costești and Stânca, in Botoșani County, Romania.

References

^ 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.

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[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.

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v t e Cities, towns and communes of Rîșcani District, Moldova
District seat: Rîșcani
Cities and towns	Costești Rîșcani
Communes	Alexăndrești Braniște Duruitoarea Nouă Grinăuți Gălășeni Malinovscoe Pociumbeni Recea Răcăria Vasileuți Șumna
Villages (communes)¹	Aluniș Borosenii Noi Corlăteni Hiliuți Horodiște Mihăileni Nihoreni Petrușeni Pociumbăuți Pîrjota Singureni Sturzeni Văratic Zăicani Șaptebani
¹ As defined officially by law (villages not forming communes).

v t e Cities and towns of Moldova
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Tiraspol¹ Bălți Bender (Tighina)² Comrat Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Ungheni
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat³ Tiraspol^1,3
District seats⁴	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Other towns	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca¹ Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe¹ Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc¹ Dubăsari¹ Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol¹ Iargara Lipcani Maiac¹ Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița¹ Sîngera Slobozia¹ Tiraspolul Nou¹ Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești
¹ In Transnistria. ² Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. ³ Also a municipality. ⁴ The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).