Chișinău

capital of Moldova
City city Q21197
Chișinău
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Chișinău

Summary

Chișinău is a city[1]. Chișinău ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,988 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chișinău received the Order of Lenin[3].
  • Chișinău is located in Chișinău Municipality[4].
  • Chișinău is in the country of Moldova[5].
  • Chișinău is on the body of water Bâc[6].
  • Chișinău's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Chișinău's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Chișinău's instance of is recorded as municipality[9].
  • Chișinău's official language is recorded as Moldovan[10].
  • Chișinău's flag is recorded as flag of Chișinău[11].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Grenoble[12].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Reggio Emilia[13].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mannheim[14].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sacramento[15].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Odesa[16].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bucharest[17].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kyiv[18].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yerevan[19].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Minsk[20].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tel Aviv[21].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ankara[22].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Iași[23].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tbilisi[24].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alba Iulia[25].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hola[26].
  • Chișinău's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vilnius[27].

Body

Geography

Chișinău is in the country of Moldova[5]. Chișinău is located in Chișinău Municipality[4]. Chișinău is on the body of water Bâc[6].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+685900'}[28], {'amount': '+532513'}[29], {'amount': '+639000'}[30], {'amount': '+589446'}[31], {'amount': '+676700'}[32], and {'amount': '+519200'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7], big city[8], and municipality[9].

History and Context

1436 marks the founding of Chișinău[34].

Why It Matters

Chișinău ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,988 views/month).[2] Chișinău has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Chișinău is known by 155 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Chișinău receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Thor19 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.chisinau.md/
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.chisinau.md/"
  2. 23d ago · UVD93 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Moldova, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavian Democratic Republic +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1376]]: [[Q1143148]]"
  3. 24d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Moldova, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavian Democratic Republic +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1376]]: [[Q4151350]]"
  4. 4w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Moldova, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavian Democratic Republic +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1376]]: [[Q1143148]]"
  5. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yivo encyclopedia of jews in eastern europe id → Kishinev
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8569]]: Kishinev, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787398435544"
  6. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 9350
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 9350, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167481028|KISHINEF (KISHINEV) (#167481028)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclop"
  7. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 12npdZ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  8. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0005030-Kisinev-Moldavsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0005030-Kisinev-Moldavsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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