Riscani
Rîșcani is a city in Moldova. It is located in the north-western part of the country, in the old Bessarabia region. It is the largest city and administrative center of Rîșcani District.
- Type: Town with 14,400 residents
- Description: town in Moldova
- Also known as: “Râşcani”, “Râșcani”, “Râşcani Târg”, “Rashkan’ Tyrg”, “Rashkani-Tyrg”, “Rișcani”, “Rîșcani”, “Ryshkanovka”, “Ryshkany”, and “Ryškany”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nihoreni and Borosenii Noi.
Borosenii Noi
Village
Borosenii Noi is a village in Rîșcani District, Moldova. Borosenii Noi is situated 7 km northwest of Riscani.
Sturzeni
Village
Sturzeni is a village in Rîșcani District, Moldova. Sturzeni is situated 8 km southwest of Riscani.
Riscani
- Categories: city, urban-type settlement, and locality
- Location: Rîșcani District, Moldova, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.9536° or 47° 57′ 13″ north
Longitude
27.55145° or 27° 33′ 5″ east
Population
14,400
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
Open location code
8GV9XH32+CH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Riscani” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሪስካኒ”
- Arabic: “ريشكاني”
- Armenian: “Ռիշկանի”
- Asturian: “Rîșcani”
- Azerbaijani: “Rîșcani”
- Belarusian: “Рышкань”
- Bengali: “রিশ্কানি”
- Bulgarian: “Ръшкани”
- Cebuano: “Rîşcani (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Rîșcani”
- Chinese: “勒什卡尼”
- Chinese: “雷什卡內”
- Chinese: “雷什卡内”
- Dutch: “Rîșcani”
- Estonian: “Rîșcani”
- Finnish: “Rîșcani”
- French: “Rîșcani”
- German: “Rîșcani”
- Hausa: “Riscani”
- Hindi: “रिशकानी”
- Indonesian: “Rishkan”
- Italian: “Rîşcani”
- Italian: “Rîșcani”
- Japanese: “リシュカニ”
- Japanese: “リスカニ”
- Javanese: “Rishkan”
- Kazakh: “Рышканы”
- Kazakh: “Рышкань”
- Kirghiz: “Рышкань”
- Korean: “르슈카니”
- Korean: “리슈카니”
- Lithuanian: “Raškanis”
- Malay: “Rishkan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rîșcani”
- Oromo: “Rishkan”
- Panjabi: “ਰਿਸ਼ਕਾਨੀ”
- Persian: “ریشکانی”
- Polish: “Rîșcani”
- Portuguese: “Rîșcani”
- Pushto: “ریشکاني”
- Romanian: “Rîșcani”
- Russian: “Рышканы”
- Serbian: “Ришкани”
- Somali: “Rishkan”
- Spanish: “Rîşcani”
- Spanish: “Rîșcani”
- Swahili: “Rishkan”
- Swedish: “Rîşcani (distriktshuvudort)”
- Swedish: “Rîșcani”
- Tajik: “Рышкань”
- Tatar: “Рышкань”
- Thai: “รึชกัน”
- Turkish: “Rîșcani”
- Ukrainian: “Ришкани”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rîșcani”
- Urdu: “رشکانی”
- Uzbek: “Rishkan”
- Western Panjabi: “ریشکانی”
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