Key facts
- Country
- Republic of Moldova
- Administrative center ora re edin
- Rîșcani
- District president
- Vladimir Mizdrenco ( PSRM )
- Total
- 936 km (361 sq mi)
- Water
- 40 km (15 sq mi) 4.27%
- Elevation
- 280 m (920 ft)
- Density
- 46.6/km (121/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Area code
- +373 56
- Car plates
- RS
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Moldova
- Country
- Moldova
- Located in
- Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Capital
- Rîșcani
- Population
- 43652
- Area
- 936
- Elevation
- 280
- Shares border with
- Bălți Municipality
- Official website
- www.riscani.md
- Licence plate code
- RS
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- Commons category
- Rîșcani District
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rîșcani District
- topic's main category
- Category:Rîșcani District
- inception
- 2002-00-00
- native label
- Raionul Rîşcani
- male population
- 20209
- female population
- 23443
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Encyclopedic overview
Rîșcani (Romanian pronunciation: [rɨʃˈkanʲ]) is a district (Romanian: raion) in north-western Moldova, with its administrative center in Rîșcani. The district also includes the town of Costești.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rîșcani District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.