Leova
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Leova ( rum. ) Леова ( Russian ) |
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 Moldova
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| Administrative unit : | Leova Raion | ||
| Founded : | 1489 | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 29 ′ N , 28 ° 15 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 45 m. ü. M. | ||
| Area : | 5.63 km² | ||
| Residents : | 7,443 | ||
| Population density : | 1,322 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Telephone code : | +373 263 | ||
| Postal code : | MD-6301 | ||
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Leova ( Russian Леова Leowa, Yiddish לעאָוואַ) is a city on the left bank of the Prut in the southwest of the Republic of Moldova with 7400 inhabitants (2014).
The village, which was founded in Bessarabia in 1489 , received the status of a city in 1940 and is the administrative center of the 745 km² large Rajon Leova with a total of 51,000 inhabitants. (2014)
The place lies on the border with Romania and is connected to the Moldovan road network via the regional road R-34 . The capital Chișinău is 95 km northeast of Leova.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1857 | 697 |
| 1923 | 3422 |
| 2004 | 10027 |
| 2014 | 7443 |
Source: 1857-2004, 2014
Web links
Commons : Leova - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b statistica.md Biroul National de Statistică al Republicii Moldova (Romanian).
- ↑ a b history of the city on moldovenii.md ; accessed on June 27, 2017 (Romanian)
- ↑ statistica.md Biroul Național de Statistică al Republicii Moldova (Romanian).