DOROHOI

dorohoi, or dorogoi, the capital of the department of dorohoi, rumania; on the right bank of the river jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. pop. (1900) 12,701, more than half being jews. the russian frontier is about 30 m. e., the austrian 20 m. w.; and there is railway communication with botoshani and jassy. dorohoi is a market for the timber and farm produce of the north moldavian highlands; merchants from the neighbouring states flock to its great fair, held on the 12th of june. there is a church built by stephen the great (1458-1504).