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) |