Place:Drochia, Drochia, Moldova

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NameDrochia
Alt namesDrokijasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-49
Drokiyasource: Times Atlas of the World (1992) p 58
TypeTown
Coordinates48.117°N 27.817°E
Located inDrochia, Moldova
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Drochia is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iaşi. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606.

The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called dropie (English: great bustard).


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