Chișinău

Chișinău, 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.
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  • Type: City with 757,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Moldova
  • Also known as: “Chisinau”, “Chişinău”, “Chisnau”, “Keshenev”, “Keshinov”, “Khisinau”, “Kischinew”, “Kischiniov”, “Kiscinev”, “Kishinef”, “Kishinev”, “Kishinëv”, “Kishiniv”, “Kişinev”, “Kišinìv”, “Kiszyniów”, “Kyshyniv”, and “Municipiul Chișinău”
Photo: Pelinoleg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of the Republic of Moldova and Triumphal Arch.

Library
Photo: Photobank MD, CC0.
The National Library of Moldova located in Chișinău, is the main library of the state which is responsible for conservation, valorization and protection of written cultural heritage.

Photo: Tony Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a situated in Central Chișinău next to the on Piața Marii Adunări Naționale nr. 2 and directly opposite .

Church
Photo: Pelinoleg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of Christ's Nativity is the main cathedral of the Moldovan Orthodox Church in , . It was built in 1830 to a design by Abram Melnikov.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sectorul Buiucani and Sectorul Rîșcani.

Suburb
Photo: Ion Chibzii, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of the five sectors in Chişinău, the capital of , and the most affluent. The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration.

Suburb
Photo: Zserghei, Public domain.
is one of the five sectors in Chișinău, the capital of . The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration.

Suburb
Photo: Борис Мавлютов, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the five sectors in Chișinău, the capital of . The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration.

Chișinău

Latitude
47.0245° or 47° 1′ 28″ north
Longitude
28.8323° or 28° 49′ 56″ east
Population
757,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Inception
1359
IATA airport codes
RMO and KIV
United Nations Location Code
MD KIV
Open location code
8GVC2RFJ+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 129991407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
618426
Wiki­data ID
Q21197
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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Zulu—“Chișinău” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Кишинёв”
  • Afrikaans: “Chisinau”
  • Afrikaans: “Chișinău”
  • Albanian: “Chişinău”
  • Albanian: “Chișinău”
  • Albanian: “Kishinau”
  • Albanian: “Kisinau”
  • Amharic: “ቺሲኖ”
  • Amharic: “ኪሺንው”
  • Arabic: “كيشيناو”
  • Arabic: “كيشينف”
  • Arabic: “كيشينيف”
  • Aragonese: “Chisinau”
  • Aragonese: “Chişinău”
  • Aragonese: “Chișinău”
  • Aragonese: “Kichinev”
  • Aragonese: “Kishinev”
  • Armenian: “Կիշինյով”
  • Armenian: “Քիշինև”
  • Armenian: “Քիշինյով”
  • Armenian: “Քիշնև”
  • Asturian: “Quixináu”
  • Avaric: “Кишинёв”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kişinyov şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kişinyov”
  • Balinese: “Chișinău”
  • Bashkir: “Кишинёв”
  • Basque: “Chisinau”
  • Basque: “Chişinău”
  • Basque: “Chișinău”
  • Basque: “Kishinev”
  • Belarusian: “Кішынёў”
  • Belarusian: “Кішынэу”
  • Belarusian: “Кішынэў”
  • Bengali: “কিশিনাউ”
  • Bengali: “কিশিনেভ”
  • Bengali: “চিসিনাউ”
  • Betawi: “Kisinèp”
  • Bosnian: “Chișinău”
  • Bosnian: “Čišinau”
  • Bosnian: “Kišinjev”
  • Breton: “Chişinău”
  • Breton: “Chișinău”
  • Bulgarian: “Кишинев”
  • Bulgarian: “Кишинъу”
  • Catalan: “Chisinau”
  • Catalan: “Chişinău”
  • Catalan: “Chișinău”
  • Catalan: “Kishinev”
  • Catalan: “Kishiniov”
  • Catalan: “Kixinev”
  • Catalan: “Kixiniov”
  • Cebuano: “Chișinău”
  • Central Bikol: “Chișinău”
  • Central Kurdish: “کیشیناو”
  • Central Kurdish: “کیشینێڤ”
  • Chavacano: “Chisinau”
  • Chechen: “Кишинёв”
  • Chinese: “Chişinău”
  • Chinese: “基什尼奥夫”
  • Chinese: “基希涅夫”
  • Chinese: “基希納烏”
  • Chinese: “基希紐”
  • Chinese: “基希纳乌”
  • Chinese: “基希讷乌”
  • Chinese: “基希讷乌市”
  • Chinese: “基施紐”
  • Chinese: “基西紐”
  • Chinese: “奇西瑙”
  • Chinese: “啟夕諾夫”
  • Church Slavic: “Кишинєвъ”
  • Chuvash: “Кишинёв”
  • Corsican: “Chisinau”
  • Corsican: “Chişinău”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kişineu”
  • Croatian: “Chisinau”
  • Croatian: “Chişinău”
  • Croatian: “Kišinjev”
  • Czech: “Chişinău”
  • Czech: “Chișinău”
  • Czech: “Kišiněv”
  • Danish: “Chisinau”
  • Danish: “Chişinău”
  • Danish: “Chișinău”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Chişinau”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kişinew”
  • Dutch: “Chisinau”
  • Dutch: “Chişinău”
  • Dutch: “Chişinǎu”
  • Dutch: “Chișinau”
  • Dutch: “Chișinău”
  • Dutch: “Kisjinev”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кишинёв”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيشيناو”
  • Erzya: “Кишинёв ош”
  • Esperanto: “Chisinau”
  • Esperanto: “Chişinău”
  • Esperanto: “Chișinău”
  • Esperanto: “Kiŝinevo”
  • Estonian: “Chisinau”
  • Estonian: “Chişinău”
  • Estonian: “Chișinău”
  • Estonian: “Chișineŭ”
  • Estonian: “Kišinjov”
  • Extremaduran: “Chisinau”
  • Faroese: “Chisinau”
  • Faroese: “Chişinău”
  • Faroese: “Chișinău”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Chişinău”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Chișinău”
  • Finnish: “Chisinau”
  • Finnish: “Chişinău”
  • Finnish: “Chișinău”
  • Finnish: “Kishinev”
  • Finnish: “Kishinjov”
  • Finnish: “Kišinjov”
  • French: “Capitale de la Moldavie”
  • French: “Chisinau”
  • French: “Chisinău”
  • French: “Chişinau”
  • French: “Chişinău”
  • French: “Chișinău”
  • French: “Kichinev”
  • French: “Kichiniov”
  • French: “Kischinev”
  • French: “Kishinev”
  • French: “Kishinew”
  • French: “Kishinyov”
  • French: “Кишинёв”
  • Gagauz: “Kişinöv”
  • Galician: “Chisinau - Chişinău”
  • Galician: “Chisinau”
  • Galician: “Chişinău”
  • Galician: “Chișinău”
  • Georgian: “კიშინეუ”
  • Georgian: “კიშინიოვი”
  • Georgian: “კიშინოვი”
  • German: “Chișinău / Kischinjow”
  • German: “Chisinau”
  • German: “Chişinău”
  • German: “Chișinău”
  • German: “Kischenau”
  • German: “Kischenew”
  • German: “Kischinau”
  • German: “Kischineu”
  • German: “Kischinew”
  • German: “Kischinjow”
  • German: “Kishinau”
  • Greek: “Κισιναου”
  • Greek: “Κισινάου”
  • Greek: “Κισινέφ”
  • Greek: “Κίσινιεβ”
  • Greek: “Κισνόβι”
  • Greek: “Κισνόβιο”
  • Greek: “Τσισινάου”
  • Guarani: “Chisináu”
  • Gujarati: “કીશિનેવ”
  • Haitian: “Chisinaou”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chişinău”
  • Hausa: “Chisinau”
  • Hebrew: “קישינאו”
  • Hebrew: “קישינב”
  • Hebrew: “קישינוב”
  • Hebrew: “קישיניב”
  • Hebrew: “קישיניוב”
  • Hebrew: “קישינייב”
  • Hindi: “किशिनौ”
  • Hindi: “चिशिनाउ”
  • Hindi: “चिसिनाऊ”
  • Hungarian: “Chisinau”
  • Hungarian: “Chișinău”
  • Hungarian: “Kisinyov”
  • Icelandic: “Chișinău”
  • Icelandic: “Kisíná”
  • Icelandic: “Kisínev”
  • Ido: “Chisinau”
  • Ido: “Chişinău”
  • Ido: “Chișinău”
  • Indonesian: “Chisinau”
  • Indonesian: “Chişinău”
  • Indonesian: “Chișinău”
  • Indonesian: “Kishinev”
  • Interlingua: “Chisinau”
  • Interlingua: “Chişinău”
  • Interlingua: “Chișinău”
  • Interlingue: “Chișinău”
  • Irish: “Chisinau”
  • Irish: “Chişinău”
  • Irish: “Císineá”
  • Irish: “Cisineiv”
  • Italian: “Chisinau”
  • Italian: “Chişinău”
  • Italian: “Chișinău”
  • Italian: “Kishinev / Chisinau”
  • Italian: “Kishinev”
  • Italian: “Kišinev”
  • Japanese: “キシナウ”
  • Japanese: “キシニョーフ”
  • Japanese: “キシニョフ”
  • Japanese: “キシネウ”
  • Japanese: “キシネフ”
  • Javanese: “Chișinău”
  • Javanese: “Kishinev”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಶಿನೆವ್”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿಸಿನಾವ್”
  • Kashubian: “Kiszëniów”
  • Kashubian: “Kiszëniôw”
  • Kazakh: “Кишинев”
  • Kirghiz: “Кишинёв”
  • Komi: “Кишинёв”
  • Korean: “키쉬뇨프”
  • Korean: “키시나우”
  • Korean: “키시너우”
  • Korean: “키시네프”
  • Korean: “키시뇨프”
  • Kotava: “Chișinău”
  • Kurdish: “Chișinău”
  • Ladino: “Chishinau”
  • Ladino: “Kishinev”
  • Ladino: “Kishinyov”
  • Ladino: “Kişinev”
  • Ladino: “Kişinöv”
  • Ladino: “Kişinyov”
  • Latin: “Chisinovia”
  • Latvian: “Chişinău”
  • Latvian: “Kišiņeva”
  • Lezghian: “Кишинёв”
  • Ligurian: “Chişinău”
  • Ligurian: “Chișinău”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Chisinau”
  • Lithuanian: “Kišiniovas”
  • Livvi: “Kišin’ov”
  • Lombard: “Chisinau”
  • Lombard: “Chișinău”
  • Lombard: “Kisinev”
  • Lombard: “Kišinëv”
  • Lombard: “Kišiniv”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chisinau”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chişinău”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chișinău”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kischinau”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Chishinãu”
  • Macedonian: “Chisinaou”
  • Macedonian: “Chisinau - Chişinău”
  • Macedonian: “Chisinau - Chișinău”
  • Macedonian: “Chisinau”
  • Macedonian: “Chişinău”
  • Macedonian: “Chișinău”
  • Macedonian: “Chisla Nova”
  • Macedonian: “Císineá”
  • Macedonian: “Kischinau”
  • Macedonian: “Kishinau”
  • Macedonian: “Kishineu”
  • Macedonian: “Kishinev”
  • Macedonian: “Kişineu”
  • Macedonian: “Kisínev”
  • Macedonian: “Kišiněv”
  • Macedonian: “Kişinev”
  • Macedonian: “Kišiņeva”
  • Macedonian: “Kiŝinevo”
  • Macedonian: “Kişinew”
  • Macedonian: “Kišiniovas”
  • Macedonian: “Kišinjev”
  • Macedonian: “Kišiňov”
  • Macedonian: “Kişinyov”
  • Macedonian: “Kiszyniów”
  • Macedonian: “Κισινάου”
  • Macedonian: “Кишинев”
  • Macedonian: “Кишинів”
  • Macedonian: “Кишињев”
  • Macedonian: “Кішынёў”
  • Macedonian: “კიშინიოვი”
  • Macedonian: “Քիշնև”
  • Macedonian: “קישינב”
  • Macedonian: “קעשענעוו”
  • Macedonian: “كىشىنېۋ”
  • Macedonian: “كيشيناو”
  • Macedonian: “کیشیناو”
  • Macedonian: “کیشینف”
  • Macedonian: “चिशिनाउ”
  • Macedonian: “चिशिनौ”
  • Macedonian: “சிஷினோ”
  • Macedonian: “คีชีเนา”
  • Macedonian: “ཅི་སི་ནའུ།”
  • Macedonian: “키시너우”
  • Macedonian: “キシナウ”
  • Macedonian: “基希讷乌”
  • Malagasy: “Chișinău”
  • Malay: “Chisinau”
  • Malay: “Chişinău”
  • Malay: “Chișinău”
  • Malayalam: “Chișinău”
  • Malayalam: “കിഷിനൌ”
  • Maltese: “Chișinău”
  • Manx: “Chişinău”
  • Manx: “Chișinău”
  • Maori: “Chișinău”
  • Marathi: “चिशिनाउ”
  • Marathi: “चिसिनाउ”
  • Mazanderani: “کیشیناو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Chișinău”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chisinau”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chişinău”
  • Minangkabau: “Chișinău”
  • Mingrelian: “კიშინიოვი”
  • Moksha: “Кишинэу”
  • Mongolian: “Кишинёв”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كيشيناو”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chisinau”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chișinău”
  • Northern Luri: “کیشینوف”
  • Northern Sami: “Chişinău”
  • Northern Sami: “Chișinău”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chisinau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chişinău”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chișinău”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kishinev”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kisjinev”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kisjinjov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kisjinov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Кишинёв”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chisinau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chişinău”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chișinău”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kishinev”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kisjinev”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kisjinjov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Кишинёв”
  • Norwegian: “Chişinău”
  • Norwegian: “Chișinău”
  • Novial: “Kishinau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chisinau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chişinău”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chișinău”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kishiniov”
  • Ossetian: “Кишинев”
  • Ossetian: “Кишинёв”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਸ਼ਨਾਓ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਸ਼ਿਨਊ”
  • Papiamento: “Chisinau”
  • Persian: “چیشیناو”
  • Persian: “کیشی نف”
  • Persian: “کیشینئو”
  • Persian: “کیشیناو”
  • Persian: “کیشی‌نف”
  • Persian: “کیشینف”
  • Persian: “کیشینیف”
  • Piemontese: “Chisinau”
  • Piemontese: “Chişinău”
  • Piemontese: “Chișinău”
  • Polish: “Chişinău”
  • Polish: “Kiszyniów”
  • Portuguese: “Chisinau”
  • Portuguese: “Chişinău”
  • Portuguese: “Chișinău”
  • Portuguese: “Kishinev”
  • Portuguese: “Quichinau”
  • Portuguese: “Quichineve”
  • Portuguese: “Quisinau”
  • Portuguese: “Quixinau”
  • Pushto: “کیشیناو”
  • Quechua: “Chişinău”
  • Quechua: “Chișinău”
  • Romanian: “Chisinau”
  • Romanian: “Chişinău”
  • Romanian: “Chișinău”
  • Romansh: “Chisinau”
  • Romansh: “Chişinău”
  • Romansh: “Chișinău”
  • Russia Buriat: “Кишинэу”
  • Russian: “Кишинев”
  • Russian: “Кишинёв”
  • Russian: “Кишинэу”
  • Rusyn: “Кишиньов”
  • Samogitian: “Kišėniuovs”
  • Sanskrit: “किशिनौ”
  • Sanskrit: “चिशिनौ”
  • Sardinian: “Chișinău”
  • Scots: “Chisinau”
  • Scots: “Chișinău”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Chișinău”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kishinev”
  • Serbian: “Kišinjov”
  • Serbian: “Кишињев”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chisinau”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kišinjev”
  • Shona: “Chișinău”
  • Sicilian: “Chişinău”
  • Silesian: “Chișinău”
  • Sindhi: “ڪيشيناو”
  • Sinhala: “චිසිනාවු”
  • Sinhala: “චිසිනාවූ”
  • Slovak: “Kišinev”
  • Slovak: “Kišiňov”
  • Slovenian: “Chișinău”
  • Slovenian: “Kišinjev”
  • Slovenian: “Kišinjov”
  • Spanish: “Chisinau”
  • Spanish: “Chisináu”
  • Spanish: “Chişinău”
  • Spanish: “Chișinău”
  • Spanish: “Kichinev”
  • Spanish: “Kishinev”
  • Spanish: “Kishiniev”
  • Spanish: “Kishiniov”
  • Swahili: “Chisinau”
  • Swahili: “Chişinău”
  • Swahili: “Kishineu”
  • Swedish: “Chisinau”
  • Swedish: “Chişinău”
  • Swedish: “Chișinău”
  • Swedish: “Kischinau”
  • Swedish: “Kischinev”
  • Swedish: “Kischinew”
  • Swedish: “Kishinev”
  • Swedish: “Kishinjov”
  • Swedish: “Kisinöv”
  • Swedish: “Kişinöv”
  • Swedish: “Kisjineu”
  • Swedish: “Kisjinev”
  • Swedish: “Kisjinjov”
  • Swedish: “Kisjinov”
  • Swedish: “Kiszyniow”
  • Swedish: “Kiszyniów”
  • Swiss German: “Kischinau”
  • Swiss German: “Kischinew”
  • Tagalog: “Chisinau”
  • Tagalog: “Chişinău”
  • Tagalog: “Chișinău”
  • Tagalog: “Kishinev”
  • Tajik: “Кишинёв”
  • Talysh: “Kišinjov”
  • Talysh: “Kişinyov”
  • Tamil: “கிசினோவ்”
  • Tamil: “சிசிநக்கு”
  • Tamil: “சிஷினோ”
  • Tamil: “சிஷினௌ”
  • Tatar: “Кишенәү”
  • Tatar: “Кишинёв”
  • Telugu: “చిషినో”
  • Thai: “Chișinău”
  • Thai: “คิชิเนฟ”
  • Thai: “คีชีเนา”
  • Thai: “แคว้นตเวียร์”
  • Tibetan: “ཅི་སི་ནའུ་”
  • Tibetan: “ཅི་སི་ནའུ།”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kischinau”
  • Turkish: “Chişinău”
  • Turkish: “Chișinău”
  • Turkish: “Kişineu”
  • Turkish: “Kişinev”
  • Turkmen: “Kişineu”
  • Turkmen: “Kişinew”
  • Udmurt: “Кишинёв”
  • Uighur: “Kishinéw”
  • Uighur: “كىشىنېۋ”
  • Ukrainian: “Кишинев”
  • Ukrainian: “Кишинеу”
  • Ukrainian: “Кишинів”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Chișinău”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kišinau”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kišinjow”
  • Urdu: “کیشیناو”
  • Uzbek: “Kishinyov”
  • Venetian: “Chişinău”
  • Venetian: “Chișinău”
  • Veps: “Kišineu”
  • Veps: “Kišinöv”
  • Vietnamese: “Chisinau”
  • Vietnamese: “Chişinău”
  • Vietnamese: “Chișinău”
  • Vietnamese: “Kishinev”
  • Vlaams: “Chisinau”
  • Vlax Romani: “Chișinău”
  • Volapük: “Chişinău”
  • Võro: “Chişinău”
  • Võro: “Chișinău”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chisinau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chişinău”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chișinău”
  • Welsh: “Chisinau”
  • Welsh: “Chişinău”
  • Welsh: “Chișinău”
  • Western Armenian: “Քիշնեւ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کشینیف”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیشیناو”
  • Wolof: “Kisinawu”
  • Wu Chinese: “基希讷乌”
  • Yakut: “Кишинев”
  • Yiddish: “Keshenev”
  • Yiddish: “קישיניאוו”
  • Yiddish: “קישינעב”
  • Yiddish: “קישינעוו”
  • Yiddish: “קעשענעוו”
  • Yoruba: “Chișinău”
  • Yue Chinese: “基希涅夫”
  • Zulu: “i-Chișinău”
  • “Chishinãu”
  • “Chișinău”
  • “Kišėniuovs”
  • “Кишинэу”

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