Botoșani County

¹The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just to attract funds from the European Union
² as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps
³w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
⁴x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
⁵used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Botoșani (Romanian pronunciation: [botoˈʃanʲ]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia (few villages in Bukovina), with the capital city at Botoșani.

Demographics

As of October 31, 2011, it had a population of 412,626 and the population density was 83/km². ^[1]

Romanians – 94.1%
Romani – 1%
Ukrainians – 0.2%
Lipovans – 0.1%
Other ethnicities – 0.1%
Unknown ethnicity – 4.6%

Year	County population ^[2]
1948	385,236
1956	428,050
1966	452,406
1977	451,217
1992	458,904
2002	452,834
2011	412,626

Geography

it is situated between Siret and Prut, in the north-east part of the county, Ukraine in the north and Moldova in the east. At the west and south it has borders with the Suceava County and Iași County.
it has a total area of 4,986 km² (2.1% of the Romanian territory).
the relief is a high plain, between the valleys of the Siret River, the Prut River and its affluent the Jijia River.
temperate climate, influenced by the eastern air masses of the continent.

Neighbours

Republic of Moldova in the East – Edineț Raion.
Suceava County in the West.
Ukraine in the North – Chernivtsi Oblast.
Iași County in the South.

Economy

This is a predominantly agricultural county.

The predominant industries in the county are:

Textile industry
Food industry
Electrical components industry
Glass and porcelain industry

At Stânca-Costești there is one of the greatest hydroelectric power plants in Romania.

Administrative divisions

Botoşani

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Botoșani County has 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 71 communes

Municipalities
- Botoșani – capital city; population: 106,847 (as of 2011)
- Dorohoi
Towns
- Bucecea
- Darabani
- Flămânzi
- Săveni
- Ștefănești

People

Natives of the county include:

References

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External links

Botoșani County, Romania

Cities	Botoșani (county seat) Dorohoi

Towns	Bucecea Darabani Flămânzi Săveni Ștefănești

Communes	Adășeni Albești Avrămeni Bălușeni Blândești Brăești Broscăuți Călărași Cândești Concești Copălău Cordăreni Corlăteni Corni Coșula Coțușca Cristești Cristinești Curtești Dersca Dângeni Dimăcheni Dobârceni Drăgușeni Durnești Frumușica George Enescu Gorbănești Havârna Hănești Hilișeu-Horia Hlipiceni Hudești Ibănești Leorda Lozna Lunca Manoleasa Mihai Eminescu Mihăileni Mihălășeni Mileanca Mitoc Nicșeni Păltiniș Pomârla Prăjeni Rădăuți-Prut Răchiți Răuseni Ripiceni Roma Românești Santa Mare Stăuceni Suharău Sulița Șendriceni Știubieni Todireni Trușești Tudora Ungureni Unțeni Văculești Viișoara Vârfu Câmpului Vlădeni Vlăsinești Vorniceni Vorona

Counties (județe) of Romania

Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Bihor Bistrița-Năsăud Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Caraș-Severin Călărași Cluj Constanța Covasna Dâmbovița Dolj Galați Giurgiu Gorj Harghita Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Maramureș Mehedinți Mureș Neamț Olt Prahova Satu Mare Sălaj Sibiu Suceava Teleorman Timiș Tulcea Vaslui Vâlcea Vrancea

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