Telenești

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Telenești ({{IPA|ro|teleˈneʃtʲ}}) is a city in Moldova, 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Populatia_pe_nation_localit_ro.xls |title=Moldovan 2004 census results |access-date=22 July 2008 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611134937/http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Populatia_pe_nation_localit_ro.xls |url-status=dead }}

Media

Jurnal FM – 88.2 MHz

Notable people

Angel Agache, Moldovan politician.
Nicoleta Dara, singer
Nachum Gutman (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.