Rîșcani District

Coordinates: 47°55′N 27°25′E / 47.917°N 27.417°E / 47.917; 27.417
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Rîșcani District
Raionul Rîșcani
District (Raion)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+373 56
Car platesRS
Websitewww.riscani.md

Rîșcani (Romanian pronunciation: [rɨʃˈkanʲ]) is a district (Romanian: raion) in the north-west of Moldova, with the administrative center at Rîșcani. The other major city is Costești. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 70,000.

History

Near the town

inhabitants
.

Geography

Typical relief in district

Located in the north of

Druta, Corlăteni, Braniște, Șaptebani. Maximum altitude in the district, is reached 280 m. near the village Pociumbeni
.

Climate

The district has a

rainfall. The average hunting
speed 3–5 m \ s.

Fauna

Fauna of the district is composed of

geese, swans, perch, bream, catfish, carp, crucian, saran, perch, gudgeon
and others.

Flora

burdock
and others.

Rivers

USSR and Romania
) with capacity of 32 MGW. Surface water bodies, serving hydroelectric station is 59 km2 and volume of 1280 million m3 of water.

Protected areas

Administrative subdivisions

Demographics

1 January 2012 the district population was 69,500 of which 22.7%

rural
population.

  • Births
    (2010): 760 (10.8 per 1000)
  • Deaths
    (2010): 1105 (15.7 per 1000)
  • Growth Rate (2010): -345 (-4.9 per 1000)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic group
 % of total
Moldovans * 73.7
Ukrainians 19.5
Romanians * 3.0
Russians 2.6
Romani 0.8
Gagauz 0.1
Bulgarians 0.1
Other 0.3
Undeclared 0.14

Footnote: * There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.

Religion

  • Christians - 97.9%
    • Orthodox Christians
      - 96.3%
    • Protestant
      - 1.6%
      • Baptists - 0.7%
      • Pentecostals
        - 0.5%
      • Seventh-day Adventists
        - 0.4%
  • Other - 1.5%
  • No Religion - 0.4%
  • Atheists
    - 0.2%

Economy

A total of 15,300 working in the district of

Orchards (apple, cherry, plum
) occupy 4.3%.

Education

Rîșcani district has 84

educational
institutions, including: Agro
kindergartens
.

Politics

Rîșcani district is located in the region so-called

Communists
are in constant decline.

During the last three elections AEI had an increase of 82.7%

Parliament elections results
Year AEI PCRM
2010 45.88% 14,450 47.75% 15,043
July 2009 44.84% 13,696 51.09% 15,603
April 2009 26.18% 7,909 55.90% 16,892

Elections

Summary of 28 November 2010 Parliament of Moldova election results in Riscani District
Parties and coalitions Votes % +/−
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova 15,043 47.75 −3.34
Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova 7,307 23.19 +9.83
Democratic Party of Moldova
 4,494 14.27 -1.83
Liberal Party 1,842 5.85 −3.02
Party Alliance Our Moldova
 807 2.57 −3.94
European Action Movement
 517 1.64 +1.64
Humanist Party of Moldova 402 1.28 +1.28
Other Party 1098 3.46 -0.61
Total (turnout 58.62%) 31,754 100.00


Culture

The district Riscani operates: 96

Museums
- 1. 160 Enable artistic, 19 hold the title of the band model.

Health

The district operates: A district

health points
.

Personalities

47°55′N 27°25′E / 47.917°N 27.417°E / 47.917; 27.417

References

  1. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
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