Galaţi

	Coat of arms
	Location of Galaţi
	Coordinates: 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/

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.

Map of galaţi and surroundings

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

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.

Galaţi Media

Strada Domneasca din Galati
The two ferries over the Danube in Galati/Romania meet each other.
Casa Lambrinidi
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
The Bulgarian Church in Galați