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Telenești () is a city in
Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...
, located 91 kilometres to the north of the capital city, Chișinău. Telenești is the administrative center of the eponymous district. Three villages are administered by the city: Mihălașa, Mihălașa Nouă and Izvoraș. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,855, 89 percent of whom were Moldovan.Moldovan 2004 census results
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Media

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Jurnal FM Jurnal FM ( ro, Jurnal FM) is a Moldovan radio station owned by NGO Sănătatea. Jurnal FM started its broadcasting in 2009 as an internet radio station. Starting 25 December 2010, Jurnal FM broadcasts via FM in Chisinau and in other important cit ...
– 88.2 MHz


Notable people

* Angel Agache, Moldovan politician. *
Nicoleta Dara Nicoleta Dara (born Nicoleta Darabană, on 22 May 1993 in Telenești), commonly known as Dara, is a Moldovan pop singer. She is well known for singing in preselection for Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest in March 2012, where she sang her ...
, singer *
Nachum Gutman Nachum Gutman (as he himself signed; alternate romanisation: Nahum Gutman; he, נחום גוטמן: October 5, 1898 – November 28, 1980) was a Moldovan-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author. Biography Nachum Gutman was born in T ...
(1898–1980), Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author


Religion

Before World War II, the town had an important Jewish population. The Cathedral of St. Elijah from Telenești is one of the newest representative architectural monument. Țurcan Vasile is the priest of the St. Elijah Cathedral. The construction of Cathedral started in 2006.


Further reading

* Axentie Blanovschi: ''Telenești'', Ed. Timpul Chișinău, 1986
Teleneshty
(p. 421) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation


References


External links

* Cities and towns in Moldova Orgeyevsky Uyezd Orhei County (Romania) Ținutul Nistru Shtetls Telenești District {{Teleneşti-geo-stub