Drochia (Moldova
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Name (Latin)
Drochia (Moldova : Raion)
Other forms of name
Drochia (Moldova : Raionul)
nne Drokievskiĭ raĭon (Moldavian S.S.R.)
Drokievskĭ raĭon (Moldova)
Raĭonul Drokii︠a︡ (Moldova)
Drokiya (Moldova)
Drokiyevskiy rayon (Moldova)
Coordinates
27.812643 27.812643 48.030766 48.030766 (gooearth )
Associated country
Moldova
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BGN USSR gaz., 2nd ed., 1970:v. 2, p. 269 (Drokiyevskiy rayon 48°05ʹN 28°00ʹE)
- Foreign names information bulletin, Nov. 30, 1998(former name: Drokiyevskiy rayon--ADM2, 48°05ʹN 28°00ʹE; new name: Drochia [short form], Raionul--ADM1 (MD18), 48°05ʹN 27°50ʹE)
- Dorofeev, N. A. Drokii︠a︡, 1986:t.p. (Drokii︠a︡, Drokiya, Raĭonul Drokii︠a︡, Drokievskiĭ raĭon, obrazovan 27 dekabri︠a︡ 1966; The district of Drokiya)
- BGN USSR gaz., 2nd ed., 1970:v. 2, p. 269 (Drokiyevskiy rayon 48p0s 05ʹN 28p0s 00ʹE)
- Foreign names information bulletin, Nov. 30, 1998(former name: Drokiyevskiy rayon--ADM2, 48p0s05'N 28p0s00'E; new name: Drochia [short form], Raionul--ADM1 (MD18), 48p0s05'N 27p0s50'E)
Wikipedia description:
Drochia (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdroki.ja]) is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located 174.4 km (108.4 mi) north of the national capital, Chișinău, and 67 km (42 mi) north-east of the Romanian city of Iași. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606. The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called dropie (English: great bustard).
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