Drochia () is a city in the northern part of

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. It is the administrative center of the eponymous

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. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the

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n city of Iaşi. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606. The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called ''dropie'' (English:

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History

Drochia is first mentioned by chroniclers in 1777. By 1830 it was a small settlement encompassing 25 families. A document dating from 1847 notes that a small grape-processing plant, the town's first industrial enterprise, had been built. Two mills situated on a local stream were built in 1875. More intensive industrial development emerged after the railway first came through at the end of the 19th century. At the 1930 census, the locality (then a village) was known as ''Drochia-Gară'' (literally ''Drochia Station''), and had a population of only 595. It was part of ''Plasa Bădiceni'' of the Soroca County. Drochia received the status of a city in 1973.

Demographics

Media

* Radio Chişinău 93.8 FM * Vocea Basarabiei 101,0 * Radio Studentus www.studentus.md/listen.html

Mayors of Drochia

* Anatol Pleşca 1991–1999 * Valeriu Ceban 1999–2007 * Grigore Melnic 2007 – 2011 * Igor Grozavu 2011 – 2015 * Nina Cereteu 2015 -

Photo gallery

File:Catedrala Maicii Domnului - Wiki.JPG, Cathedral of the "Adormirea Maicii Domnului" File:Stamp of Moldova md018std.jpg, Monument of

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File:Primaria orasului Drochia - Wiki.JPG, City Hall File:Liceul Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu - Wiki.JPG, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School File:Statia Auto Drochia.JPG, Drochia Bus Terminal File:Consiliu Raional Drochia si Bustul lui St.cel Mare.JPG, Drochia District Council and the monument of Stephen III of Moldavia File:Cladire cu oficii in Orasul Drochia.JPG, Office building File:Monumentul lui Mihai Eminescu in Orasul Drochia.JPG, Monument of

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Drochia is twinned with: *

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, Belarus *

Dorohoi Dorohoi () is a municipiu, city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; m ...

, Romania *

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, Ukraine * Rădăuți, Romania * Pineto, Italy

References

External links

Drochia Stadium on divizianationala.com

Weather in Drochia

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School Webpage

Drochia in Photos

Drochia.md
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