Costești | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Moldova |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Moldova |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Moldova |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Rîșcani District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3,507 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 47.8583°N 27.2586°W |
Costeşti (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /kosˈteʃtʲ/) is a city in Rîșcani District, in northern Moldova.
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.