Anenii Noi is a city in east-central Moldova

Moldova

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, the seat of Anenii Noi District. It is located 36 km (22 mi) SE of the capital Chişinău

Chisinau

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According to the 2004 census, the city administers an area inhabited by 11,463 people. This area consists of the city itself, population 8,358, and five suburb villages: Albiniţa, population 370, Beriozchi, population 647, Hîrbovăţul Nou, population 484, Ruseni, population 1,090, and Socoleni, population 514. Of these, 6,324 are Moldovans

Moldovans

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 (Romanians

Romanians

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), 2,721 Ukrainians

Ukrainians

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, 1,923 Russians

Russians

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, 68 Gagauzians, 178 Bulgarians, 7 Jews

Jews

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, 11 Poles

Poles

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, 46 Gypsies, and 185 others/undeclared. At the 1930 census, there were two localities: Anenii Noi, population 661 (558 Bessarabian Germans, 30 Russians, 19 Romanians, and 4 Poles), and Anenii Vechi, population 990 (891 Russians, 74 Romanians, 19 Germans, 4 Jews, and 2 Bulgarians) in Plasa Bulboaca of Tighina County

Tighina County

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There are two restaurants and a few factories in Anenii Noi. Transportation is available to Anenii Noi every half hour from Chişinău.