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.
Geography Rîșcani is located in Rîșcani District of Moldova. It is located in the south-eastern Europe and in the north-western part of Moldova. Spread across an area of 52.4 km² (20.2 sq mi), it is the largest centre of the district. It is one of 27 sub-divisions (two cities and 25 communes) in the district. It is part of the Bessarabia region.
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:
🇧🇾 Lida, Belarus 🇭🇺 Tököl, Hungary🇭🇺 Mátészalka 47.95
🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 47.953
🇺🇦 Troitsko-Khartsyzk 47.967
🇸🇰 Dunajská Streda 47.983
🇩🇪 Tuttlingen 47.983
🇸🇰 Nové Zámky 47.986
🇦🇹 Neusiedl am See 47.949
🇲🇳 Ulan Bator 47.942
🇺🇦 Krivoy-Rog 47.934
🇲🇳 Bayanzürkh 47.929
🇺🇸 Grand Forks 47.924
🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar 47.919
🇲🇳 Chingeltei 47.917
🇩🇪 Bad Waldsee 47.917
🇺🇦 Novohrad-Volynskyi 27.625
🇧🇾 Kastrychnitski 27.533
🇧🇾 Partyzanski 27.51
🇧🇾 Leninsky District 27.51
🇧🇾 Tsentralny 27.51
🇧🇼 Francistown 27.5
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
🇲🇩 Florești 28.3,47.883 d: 56.4
🇲🇩 Soroca 28.307,48.156 d: 60.7
Antipodal to: Rîșcani -152.45,-47.95
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16623.2
🇹🇴 Nukuʻalofa -175.2,-21.133 d: 16406.7
🇹🇴 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