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(Redirected from Duruitoarea) For other places with the same name, see Costești (disambiguation) § Moldova. "Duruitoarea" redirects here. Not to be confused with Duruitoarea Nouă. "Pascauti" redirects here. Not to be confused with Pashkivtsi.

City in Rîșcani District, Moldova

Costești
City
CosteștiLocation in Moldova
Coordinates: 47°51′30″N 27°15′31″E / 47.85833°N 27.25861°E / 47.85833; 27.25861
Country	Moldova
District	Rîșcani District
Population
• Total	3,507
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Costeşti (Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈteʃtʲ]) is a city in Rîșcani District, in northern Moldova.

Overview

Costești has a population of 4,109 at the 2004 census. It is composed of the city itself, population 2,247, and four villages: Dămășcani, population 361, Duruitoarea, population 379, Păscăuți, population 950, and Proscureni, population 172.

The Stânca-Costeşti Dam is a dam on the Prut River and a checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The dam is located between Costești and Stânca, in Botoșani County, Romania.

v t e Cities, towns and communes of Rîșcani District, Moldova
District seat: Rîșcani
Cities and towns	Costești Rîșcani
Communes	Alexăndrești Braniște Duruitoarea Nouă Grinăuți Gălășeni Malinovscoe Pociumbeni Recea Răcăria Vasileuți Șumna
Villages (communes)	Aluniș Borosenii Noi Corlăteni Hiliuți Horodiște Mihăileni Nihoreni Petrușeni Pociumbăuți Pîrjota Singureni Sturzeni Văratic Zăicani Șaptebani
As defined officially by law (villages not forming communes).

v t e Cities and towns of Moldova
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Tiraspol Bălți Bender (Tighina) Comrat Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Ungheni
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat Tiraspol
District seats	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 towns	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc Dubăsari Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol Iargara Lipcani Maiac Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița Sîngera Slobozia Tiraspolul Nou Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești
In Transnistria. Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. Also a municipality. The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).

References

Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics – Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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