| Telenești | |
| Pushpin Map: | Moldova |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Moldova |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Moldova |
| Subdivision Type1: | Raion (district) |
| Subdivision Name1: | Telenești |
| Area Total Km2: | 53,6 |
| Elevation M: | 96 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 7,227 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.5028°N 28.3667°W |
Telenești (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /teleˈneʃtʲ/) is a city in Moldova, located 91 kilometres to the north of the capital city, Chișinău. Telenești is the administrative center of the eponymous district. Three villages are administered by the city: Mihălașa, Mihălașa Nouă and Izvoraș. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,855, 89 percent of whom were Moldovan.[2]
Before World War II, the town had an important Jewish population. The Cathedral of St. Elijah from Telenești is one of the newest representative architectural monument. Țurcan Vasile is the priest of the St. Elijah Cathedral. The construction of Cathedral started in 2006.