Florești is the capital city and industrial and commercial center of Floreşti District of Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

. It is located on the river Răut.

Name

The name comes from the Moldavian (Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

) word floare ("flower"). The old name of the settlement was Rădiul Florilor, which is also a derivative from the Moldavian word for "flower".

Geography

The city is located in the north of the country

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

, on the river Răut, a tributary of the Dniester

Dniester

The Dniester is a river in Eastern Europe. It runs through Ukraine and Moldova and separates most of Moldova's territory from the breakaway de facto state of Transnistria.-Names:...

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Politics and administration

Florești is governed by the City Council and the City Mayor , both elected once every four years. The current mayor

Mayor

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 is Iurie Ţap

Iurie Ţap

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