Galaţi
Galaţi (pronounced [gaˈlaʦʲ] in Romanian, Turkish: [Kalas] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); German: [Galatz] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Polish: [Gałacz] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) English: [simply Galati] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a city in the eastern part of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia. It is the capital city of Galaţi County.
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 Location of Galaţi | |
| Coordinates: Coordinates: 45°25′24″N 28°2′33″E / 45.42333°N 28.04250°E | |
| Country | 22x20px 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
- 23x15px Coventry, England; since 1963.
- 23x15px Piraeus, Greece; since 1985.
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan, China; since 1987.
- 23x15px Pessac, France; since 1991.
Limón, Costa Rica; since 1992.- 23x15px Hammond, United States; since 1997.
- 23x15px Mykolaiv, Ukraine; since 2002.
- 23x15px Odesa, Ukraine; since 2002.
- 23x15px Sevastopol, Ukraine; since 2002.
- 23x15px Yalta, Ukraine; since 2002.
- 23x15px Ancona, Italy.
- 23x15px Jesi, Italy; since 2003.
- 23x15px Scottsbluff, United States; since 2007
- 23x15px Bombay, India; since 2007.
- 23x15px Brindisi, Italy; since 2007.
Galaţi Media
Strada Domneasca din Galati
The two ferries over the Danube in Galati/Romania meet each other.
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Casa Lambrinidi
- Palatul Administrativ Galati.JPG
Palatul Administrativ din Galați. Clădirea-monument istoric a fost votată de către gălățeni ca fiind noul simbol al orașului. Edificiul a fost realizat după planurile arhitectului Ion Mincu. Pe partea frontală tronează două statui care simbolizează Industria și Agricultura.
The entrance of the University of Galați
- Galati cathedral.jpg
St. Andrew and St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral of the archbishop of the Lower Danube
- Biserica Fortificata Precista Galati.jpg
Biserica Fortificata Precista Galati
- Bulgarian church Galati.jpg
The Bulgarian Church in Galați
Sources
- ↑ "Galați · Population". Population.city. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
Other websites
- (in Romanian) Official site Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Romanian) Pictures of old Galaţi
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