What is "drochia"

Drochia is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chişinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iaşi. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606.

The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called dropie (English: great bustard).