Botoșani County

Botoșani
—  County (Județ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Nord-Est
Historic region	Moldavia
Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ)	Botoşani
Government
– Type	County Board
– President of the County Board	Mihai Țâbuleac (PD-L)
– Prefect2	Cristian Roman
Area
– Total	4,986 km2 (1,925.1 sq mi)
Area rank	29th in Romania
Population (2002)
– Total	452,834
– Rank	23rd in Romania
– Density	91/km2 (235.7/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	71wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x314
Car Plates	BT5
GDP	US$ 2.06 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 4,536 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just to attract funds from the European Union[citation needed] 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] ( listen)) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia, with the capital city at Botoșani.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 452,834 and the population density was 91/km².

• Romanians – (98.8%)^[1] – the highest percentage of Romanians in Romania
• Romas -(0.7%)- the lowest percentage of Gypsies in Romania
• Russians – (0.2%)
• Ukrainians – (0.2%)

Year	County population[2]
1948	385,236
1956	428,050
1966	452,406
1977	451,217
1992	461,305
2002	452,834

Geography

• it is situated between Siret and Prut, in the north-east part of the county, Ukraine in the north and Moldavian Republic 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

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• 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-Costeşti there is one of the greatest hydroelectric power plants in Romania.

2010 Romanian floods

The north-eastern town of Dorohoi witnessed 6 deaths in the night of 28–29 June as floods rose to just over 1 metre /3.3 feet in some places. Several roads into Dorohoi remained either washed away or under water.^[3] The heavy rain that had been falling for much of the past week in the Balkan country and forecasters have warned that it will continue in northeast Romania until Wednesday morning.^[3] The emergency situations spokeswoman Dorina Lupu from Botoşani judet said unusually heavy rain had killed 6 people, most in the town of Dorohoi on the 29th.^[4]

On 5 July 2010, the Danube in Galaţi recorded a flow rate of 676 cm (76 cm above the rate of flooding) and a flow of 16,055 m/s. At Şendreni, Siret had a rate of 728 cm (78 cm over the danger level).^[5] The local emergency services reinforced the dykes in the afternoon and narrowly averted any more flooding. It was flooded during the July 2010 flood as was its namesake in Galaţi County.

Administrative divisions

Săveni

Dorohoi

Darabani

Flămânzi

Botoşani

Ştefăneşti

Botoşani●●●●●

Bucecea

Botoşani County has 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 71 communes

• Municipalities
  • Botoşani – capital city; population: 119,132 (as of 2005)
  • Dorohoi
• Towns
  • Bucecea
  • Darabani
  • Flămânzi
  • Săveni
  • Ştefăneşti

Communes Adăşeni Albeşti Avrămeni Băluşeni Blândeşti Brăeşti Broscăuţi Călăraşi Cândeşti Conceşti Copălău Cordăreni

Corlăteni Corni Coşula Coţuşca Cristeşti Cristineşti Curteşti Dersca Dângeni Dimăcheni Dobârceni Drăguşeni

Durneşti Frumuşica George Enescu Gorbăneşti Havârna Hăneşti Hilişeu-Horia Hlipiceni Hudeşti Ibăneşti Leorda Lozna

Lunca Manoleasa Mihai Eminescu Mihăileni Mihălăşeni Mileanca Mitoc Nicşeni Păltiniş Pomârla Prăjeni Rădăuţi-Prut

Răchiţi Răuseni Ripiceni Roma Româneşti Santa Mare Stăuceni Suharău Suliţa Şendriceni Ştiubieni Todireni

Truşeşti Tudora Ungureni Unţeni Văculeşti Viişoara Vârfu Câmpului Vlădeni Vlăsineşti Vorniceni Vorona

See also

• Global storm activity of 2010
• 2010 Romanian floods

References

1. ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"
2. ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"
3. ^ ^{a b} Romania floods kill 21
4. ^ 10 dead in Romanian floods
5. ^ "Dig de 4,5 km (3 mi) la Galaţi". http://www.click.ro/actualitate/din_tara/dig-suprainaltare-dunare-valea_orasului-pompieri-jandarmi_0_987501267.html. 

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