Alternate names: Cimişlia [Rom], Chimishliya [Rus], Chimishli [Yid], Cimiszlija [Pol], Chimiashla, Cimislija, Chimishliia. 46°31' N, 28°47' E, in S Moldova, 38 miles SW of Bender (Tighina). Jewish population: 752 (in 1897), 925 (in 1930). Synagogue.

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 261-262: "Cimislia".

• Pinkas HaKehilot, Romania, Vol. 2 (1980), p. 393: "Cimislia"
• Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 14: "Chimishli, Chimiashla".
• JewishGen Bessarabia SIG

• Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume II. [Sept 2012]