Galaţi
county seat in Galați County, Romania
Galaţi (pronounced [gaˈlaʦʲ] in Romanian, Turkish: Kalas; German: Galatz; Polish: Gałacz English: simply Galati) is a city in the eastern part of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia. It is the capital city of Galaţi County.
Galaţi | |
|---|---|
 Galaţi, Romania near a river | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Galaţi | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′24″N 28°2′33″E / 45.42333°N 28.04250°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Galaţi County |
| Status | County capital |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dumitru Nicolae (Social Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| • City | 246.3 km2 (95.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • City | 298,861 |
| • Density | 1,213/km2 (3,140/sq mi) |
| • Metro | roughly 600,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | http://www.primaria.galati.ro/ |
It lies on the west bank of the Danube River, near Moldova and Ukraine.
As of 2011, about 196,003 people lived in Galaţi.[1] But in 2016, 304,000 people were living in Galaţi.
Sister cities
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Coventry, England; since 1963.
Piraeus, Greece; since 1985.
Wuhan, China; since 1987.
Pessac, France; since 1991.
Limón, Costa Rica; since 1992.
Hammond, United States; since 1997.
Mykolaiv, Ukraine; since 2002.- Odesa, Ukraine; since 2002.
- Sevastopol, Ukraine; since 2002.
- Yalta, Ukraine; since 2002.
Ancona, Italy.- Jesi, Italy; since 2003.
- Scottsbluff, United States; since 2007
Bombay, India; since 2007.- Brindisi, Italy; since 2007.
Sources
change- ↑ "Galați · Population". Population.city. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
Other websites
change- (in Romanian) Official site Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Romanian) Pictures of old Galaţi
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