Rîșcani, Moldova
🇲🇩 Rîșcani is a city in Moldova, the capital of the Rîșcani District. It is located along the Copăceanca river, about 22 km from the station in Drochia. Two villages are administered by the city, Bălanul Nou and Rămăzan.
History During the interwar period, the city was the seat of Plasa Râșcani, in Bălți County, Romania.
A number of Bessarabian Germans lived in the village from its founding in 1865, who called it Ryschkanowka. The German population was forcibly removed in 1940; among the Germans expelled from Rîșcani were the parents of later German president Horst Köhler.
In the USSR era, Rîșcani was home to a number of factories, a state agrotechnic school, and tobacco farms.
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Rîșcani has a population of over 9,259 people. Rîșcani also forms the centre of the wider Rîșcani District which has a population of over 59,226 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Rîșcani has links with:
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🇺🇦 Troitsko-Khartsyzk 47.967
🇩🇪 Tuttlingen 47.983
🇸🇰 Nové Zámky 47.986
🇩🇪 Freiburg im Breisgau 47.999
🇦🇹 Neusiedl am See 47.949
🇲🇳 Ulan Bator 47.942
🇺🇦 Krivoy-Rog 47.934
🇺🇸 Grand Forks 47.924
🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar 47.919
🇩🇪 Bad Waldsee 47.917
🇺🇦 Kryvyi Rih 47.91
🇺🇦 Novohrad-Volynskyi 27.625
🇿🇦 Randfontein 27.701
Locations Near: Rîșcani 27.55,47.95
🇲🇩 Drochia 27.75,48.033 d: 17.5
🇲🇩 Edineț 27.317,48.167 d: 29.7
🇲🇩 Bălți 27.932,47.774 d: 34.5
🇺🇦 Mohyliv-Podilskyi 27.783,48.45 d: 58.2
🇲🇩 Briceni 27.083,48.35 d: 56.4
🇲🇩 Soroca 28.307,48.156 d: 60.7
🇲🇩 Ungheni 27.807,47.208 d: 84.8
Antipodal to: Rîșcani -152.45,-47.95
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16623.2
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16406.2
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15910.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15823.9
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12485.3
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12368.9
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12351.6
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12349.8