Hîncești

Hîncești
Hîncești Location within Moldova
Coordinates:
Country	Moldova
County	Hîncești District
Government
• Mayor	Alexandru Botnari, re-elected in 2007
Population (2012)
• Total	16,900
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s)	+373 269

Hîncești (Romanian pronunciation: ) is a city in Moldova, also written without diacritics as "Hincesti" (Cyrillic: Хынчешть).

Hîncești is situated on the Cogalnic River, 33 km (21 mi) southwest of the Moldovan capital, Chișinău. Since 2003 it has been the seat of Raionul Hîncești (Hîncești District).

History

Hîncești was established in 1500 AD as Dobreni.^{[1] [2]} Within the Russian Empire it was known under the Russified name Gincheshty (Гинчешты), but in Romanian Hîncești. In 1940 the name was changed to Kotovskoe after Grigore Kotovski, who was born there. But from 1941 to 1944 it was again known as Hîncești. From 1945 to 1965 it was called Kotovskoe, which in 1965 was changed to Kotovsk. Since 1990 it is again called Hîncești.

Hîncești was the home of Saint Parminu.

Demographics

In 1890 Hîncești had 3,098 people. By 1970 the population was 14.3 thousand, and by 1991, 19.3 thousand. At the 2006 census it had 19.5 thousand residents.

Education

There are four Lyceum (junior colleges) in Hîncești:

• Mihai Viteazul Lyceum
• M. Lomonosov Lyceum
• Mihai Sadoveanu Lyceum
• M. Eminescu Lyceum

Notable citizens

• Leonid Abramovich Anulov (1897–1974), a Soviet intelligence officer, organizer of clandestine intelligence networks (the so-called "Red Orchestra") in Switzerland.
• Grigory Ivanovich Kotowski (1881–1925), Soviet military leader and Communist activist.
• Yankl Yankelevich (1905–1938), Jewish poet who wrote in Yiddish
• Nadia Stiers (née Reznik) in 1903, communist millitant

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Drochia is twinned with:

• Ploiești, Romania

• Or Akiva, Israel

External anchors

• Orașul HÎNCEȘTI – Portalul orașului Hîncești.
• Asociația de Tineret – Asociația de Tineret „Pro Hîncești”

Notes

Cities of Moldova (alphabetical order) Municipalities Chișinău (national capital) Bălți Bender (Tighina)2 Capitals of autonomous units Comrat3 Tiraspol1,3 District seats4 Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni Other cities Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca1 Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe1 Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc1 Dubăsari1 Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol1 Iargara Lipcani Maiac1 Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița1 Sîngera Slobozia1 Tiraspolul Nou1 Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești 1 In Transnistria. 2 Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. 3 Also a municipality. 4 The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).