Costești, Ialoveni Explained

Costești
Settlement Type:Commune and village
Pushpin Map:Moldova
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:285
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Moldova
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Ialoveni
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ion Marandici
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1573
Unit Pref:metric
Area Total Km2:68.82
Population As Of:2014 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:10,907
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:46.8678°N 28.7689°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:MD-6813

Costești is a village in Ialoveni District, in central Moldova, with a population of 11,128 at the 2004 census.[2] It is the second largest rural locality in the country by population, three times larger than the homonymous city in the north of Moldova.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014
  2. http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Clasificatoare/CUATM_rom.zip Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)