Sectorul Rîșcani

Sectorul Rîșcani (also spelled ''Râșcani'') is one of the five sectors in

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the ...

, the capital of

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. The local administration is managed by a

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appointed by the city administration. It governs over a portion of the city of Chișinău itself (the northeastern part), the town of

Cricova Cricova () is a Moldovan town, located north of Chișinău, the capital of the country. Cricova is famous for its wine cellars, which make it a popular attraction for tourists. The town's population is 9,878 (as of 2004), of which 7,651 are e ...

, and the communes of

Ciorescu Ciorescu, formerly known as ''Cricova Nouǎ'' (Romanian; russian: Новое Криково, ''Novoye Krikovo''), is a commune in Moldova, located in the north-east of Chişinău, the capital of Moldova. The commune is part of the Rîșcani sec ...

Grătiești Grătiești is a commune in Sectorul Rîșcani of Chișinău municipality, Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the ...

, and Stăuceni. It has a sizable population of

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and

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. To distinguish it from the city of

Rîșcani Rîșcani (, also spelled ''Râșcani'') is a city in Moldova, the capital of the Rîșcani District. It is located along the Copăceanca river, about 22 kilometres from the station in Drochia. Two villages are administered by the city, Bălanul ...

elsewhere in Moldova it is often referred to as Rîșcanovca by locals. Rîșcani's main street is Strada Moscova. There are several parks including a park dedicated to the Soviet victims of the Afghanistan war in 1989. The main

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lines which serve Rîșcani are no. 24 and no.13, there are a number of minibuses which stop regularly along Str. Moscova and other points in the city. There is a large park near to the Afghanistan memorial park containing a large lake and woodland. Rîșcani is somewhat separated from the rest of Chișinău by a bridge. One notable building (now disused) in Rîșcani is the old state circus which has now fallen into disrepair. Riscani is represented every year by dancers and stallholders during the Day of Chișinău. Sectors of Chișinău {{Chișinău-geo-stub