Capital City |
Chisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian), pronounced KEE-shee-now (KIH-shi-nyov) |
What time is it? |
+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
Capital location |
47 00 N, 28 51 E |
Capital - history |
origin unclear but may derive from the archaic Romanian word chisla ("spring" or "water source") and noua ("new") because the original settlement was built at the site of a small spring |
Capital - time difference |
UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |