Soroca
Soroca is a city and municipality in northern Moldova, situated on the Dniester River about 160 km north of Chișinău. It is the administrative center of the Soroca District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Photobank MD, CC0.
Photo: Photobank MD, CC0.
- Type: City with 37,400 residents
- Description: Moldovan city situated on the Dniester river
- Also known as: “Soroka”, “Soroke”, and “Soroky”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Candle of Gratitude.
Candle of Gratitude
Photo: Criss90kf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Candle of Gratitude, also called the Thanksgiving Candle, is a monument and chapel in Soroca, Moldova.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsekynivka and Zastînca.
Soroca
- Categories: municipality of Moldova and locality
- Location: Soroca District, Moldova, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.1571° or 48° 9′ 26″ northLongitude
28.2996° or 28° 17′ 59″ eastPopulation
37,400Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)United Nations Location Code
MD SOROpen location code
8GWC574X+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 265099148OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Soroca from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Akan to Yiddish—“Soroca” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Soroca”
- Armenian: “Սորոկի”
- Asturian: “Soroca”
- Bashkir: “Сороки”
- Basque: “Soroca”
- Basque: “Soroki”
- Basque: “Soroky”
- Belarusian: “Сарока (Малдова)”
- Belarusian: “Сарока”
- Belarusian: “Сарокі”
- Bulgarian: “Сорока”
- Bulgarian: “Сороки”
- Catalan: “Soroca”
- Catalan: “Soroki”
- Cebuano: “Soroca (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Soroca”
- Chinese: “索罗卡”
- Chinese: “索羅卡”
- Crimean Tatar: “Soroka”
- Croatian: “Soroca”
- Czech: “Soroca”
- Danish: “Soroca”
- Dutch: “Soroca”
- Dutch: “Soroki”
- Esperanto: “Soroca”
- Estonian: “Soroca”
- Finnish: “Soroca”
- French: “Soroca”
- Georgian: “სოროკი”
- German: “Soroca”
- German: “Soroki”
- Greek: “Σορόκα”
- Hebrew: “Soroke”
- Hebrew: “סאָראָקע”
- Hebrew: “סורוקה”
- Hungarian: “Soroca”
- Italian: “Soroca”
- Japanese: “ソロカ”
- Kazakh: “Сороки”
- Korean: “소로카”
- Korean: “소로키”
- Latvian: “Soroka”
- Lithuanian: “Soroka”
- Macedonian: “Сорока”
- Mingrelian: “სოროკა”
- Moksha: “Сорока”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Soroca”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soroca”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soroki”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Сороки”
- Norwegian: “Soroca”
- Persian: “سوروکا”
- Polish: “Soroca”
- Polish: “Soroki”
- Portuguese: “Soroca”
- Romanian: “Soroca”
- Russian: “Сорока”
- Russian: “Сороки (город)”
- Russian: “Сороки”
- Serbian: “Сорока”
- Silesian: “Soroca”
- Slovak: “Soroca”
- Slovenian: “Soroca”
- Spanish: “Soroca”
- Swedish: “Olihonia”
- Swedish: “Soroca (distriktshuvudort)”
- Swedish: “Soroca”
- Thai: “ซอรอกา”
- Turkish: “Soroca”
- Turkish: “Suryaka”
- Ukrainian: “Сороки”
- Upper Sorbian: “Soroca”
- Upper Sorbian: “Soroka”
- Upper Sorbian: “Soroki”
- Urdu: “سوروکا”
- Western Panjabi: “سوروکا”
- Yakut: “Сороки”
- Yiddish: “סאראקע”
- “Soroca”
- “Soroki”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Soroca”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dealul Țiganilor and Bujerovca.
Moldova: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Transnistria, Chișinău, Tiraspol, and Bălţi.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 “Soroca”. Photo: Photobank MD, CC0.