Balkans
Moldova
Chișinău Municipality

Sectorul Rîșcani

Sectorul Rîșcani is one of the five sectors in , the capital of . The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration.
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Photo: Zserghei, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb with 128,000 residents
  • Description: sector of Chișinău, Moldova
  • Also known as: “Pretura Rîşcani”, “Râșcani”, “Riscani”, “Rîșcani”, “Ryshkanovka”, and “Октябрьский район”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monument to Nizami Ganjavi and Alexander Pushkin Historic House Museum.

Monument
The , a medieval Persian poet, is located in , the capital of , in a park named after Nizami Ganjavi. Akif Asgarov, Honoured Art Worker of was a sculptor and Semen Shoyket, Honoured Architect of Moldova was the architect of the monument.

Museum
Photo: Criss90kf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
House-Museum of Alexandr Pushkin is a museum and architectural monument in Moldova of national value. It is included in the Register of monuments of history and culture of the municipality of .

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poșta Veche and Chișinău.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the Rîșcani sector of , the capital of the Republic of Moldova. The main routes in the area are Calea Orheiului Street and Ceucari Street.

Photo: Zserghei, Public domain.
, pronounced "Kishinau" with "nau" as in the English word "now", is the capital of with a population of around 780,000 in the metro area, and 250,000 people coming each day for work and entertainment.

Suburb
Photo: Zserghei, Public domain.
is one of the five sectors in Chişinău, the capital of . The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration. is situated 3½ km southeast of Sectorul Rîșcani.

Sectorul Rîșcani

Latitude
47.04577° or 47° 2′ 45″ north
Longitude
28.85142° or 28° 51′ 5″ east
Population
128,000
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
8GVC2VW2+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6209287160
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
617484
Wiki­data ID
Q2038449
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In Other Languages

From German to Ukrainian—“Sectorul Rîșcani” goes by many names.
  • German: “Rîșcani”
  • Japanese: “リスカニ地区”
  • Japanese: “ルシュカニ区”
  • Lithuanian: “Ryškanis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sektor Rîșcani”
  • Polish: “Rîşcani”
  • Polish: “Rîșcani”
  • Portuguese: “Sectorul Rîşcani”
  • Romanian: “Rîșcani”
  • Romanian: “Sectorul Râșcani”
  • Romanian: “Sectorul Rîșcani”
  • Russian: “Рышкановка”
  • Russian: “Рышканы”
  • Russian: “Сектор Рышкань”
  • Spanish: “Sectorul Rîșcani”
  • Ukrainian: “Ришкани”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sectorul Rîșcani”. Photo: Zserghei, Public domain.