Galaţi
Galaţi (pronounced [gaˈlaʦʲ], Turkish: Kalas; German: Galatz; Polish: Gałacz) is a city in the eastern part of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia. It is the capital city of Galaţi County.
Galaţi | |
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 Location of Galaţi | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| County | Galaţi County |
| Status | County capital |
| • Mayor leader_name = 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 | 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 2016, about 304,000 people were living in Galaţi.
Sister cities
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.- Odessa, 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.
Other websites
- (in Romanian) Official site Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Romanian) Pictures of old Galaţi
County seats of Romania (alphabetical order by county) | ||
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Alba Iulia • Arad • Piteşti • Bacău • Oradea • Bistriţa • Botoșani • Brașov • Brăila • Buzău • Reşiţa • Călăraşi • Cluj-Napoca • Constanța • Sfântu Gheorghe • Târgovişte • Craiova • Galaţi • Giurgiu • Târgu Jiu • Miercurea Ciuc • Deva • Slobozia • Iași • Buftea • Baia Mare • Drobeta-Turnu Severin • Târgu Mureş • Piatra Neamţ • Slatina • Ploiești • Satu Mare • Zalău • Sibiu • Suceava • Alexandria • Timișoara • Tulcea • Vaslui • Râmnicu Vâlcea • Focşani | | |
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