Chisinau - the capital and largest city is Moldova. The economic and cultural center located in the heart of the country on the river Bic. Kishinev has a special status in the administrative division of Moldova - it is the municipality. In most of city of Chisinau, in the municipality of the same name includes 6 of the cities (Singera, Durlesti, Vatra, Codru Vadul-lui-Voda, Krikovo) and 25 settlements, united 13 communes (villages).
Chisinau first mentioned in a document from 1436. Received city status in 1818, shortly after joining the Russian Empire, the status of the municipality - in 1995. The total population of the municipality at the beginning of in 2013 amounted to about 800.6 thousand.