Telenești District Raionul Telenești |
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District (Raion) | |||
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Country | Moldova | ||
Administrative center (Oraș-reședință) |
Telenești |
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Government | |||
• Type | Raion council | ||
• Raion president | Boris Burcă (PLDM), since 2007 | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 849 km2 (328 sq mi) | ||
Population (2012) | |||
• Total | 73,900 | ||
• Density | 87.0/km2 (225/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Postal Code | 258 | ||
Area code(s) | +373 58 | ||
Car plates | TL | ||
Website | www.telenesti.md |
Telenești is a district (Moldovan: raion) in central Moldova, with the administrative center at Telenești.
Localities with the oldest documentary attestation of the district are: Banești, Peciste and Telenești they are certified in 1437. At first settlements were many landowners. They had the right to sell the estate, in parts or entirely. In the 16th and 17th centuries, continued economic development of the region (trade, agriculture, winery) and a significant increase in population. In 1812, after the Treaty of Bucharest, Basarabia is occupied by Russian Empire in this period (1812–1917), there is an intense process of russification of the native population. In 1918, as a result of the Great Union in areas between the Prut and Nistru were made administrative reforms, agrarian. Telenești becomes the center of the net in Orhei County. In place Telenești between 45 villages. The center opened institutions net of county importance, opened a court was held a post office, telegraph, telephone. Basarabia land reform was carried out by a control system called "Our House" as it was expropriated and Helen Gore estate. Romanian land reform (as opposed to the Bolshevik) provide monetary reward. After the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty, Basarabia is again busy this time of the USSR. In 1991 as a result of the proclamation of Independence of Moldova, part of the Orhei County (1999–2003), and in 2003 became administrative unit of Moldova.