Codru

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Codru

Total population

11,500

Air quality index

38Good

Elevation126 m

Coordinates47.46°, 28.27°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Moldova). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Codru is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova, and the second-largest suburb of the capital after Durlești. It lies directly on the southwestern outskirts of Chișinău, separated from the city proper only by Grenoble Street. Codru is home to Costiujeni Psychiatric Hospital, a historic and prominent institution in Moldova.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Iurie Roșca

Moldovan politician

Igor Corman

Moldovan politician

G

Gheorghe Stratulat

footballer

Israel Guri

Israeli politician (1893–1965)

Simcha Ben Zion

Hebrew writer (1870–1932)

Nachum Gutman

painter, sculptor and mosaic artist (1898-1980)

I

Israel Goichberg

D

Denis Ilescu

Moldovan footballer

Mikhail von Kauffmann

B

Benyamin Kogan

Soviet pedagogue

Gheorghe Mustea

Soviet conductor

M

Mikhail Pinchevsky

Soviet children's writer (1894-1955)

Z

Zalman Rozenṭal

Soviet children's writer and journalist (1889-1959)

Ion Constantin Ciobanu

Moldovan politician and writer (1927–2001)

M

Mikhail Yuryev

Soviet orientalist (1918-1990)

A

Angel Agache

politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Codru

Search results from Open Library.