Botoșani County
Botosani [ botoʃan ʲ ] is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in the region of Moldova to the county town of Botosani. Its common abbreviation and the license plate number is BT.
The county Botosani bordered to the north and to the east by Moldova, on the south by the county of Iaşi, in the southwest and the west by the Suceava County and to the northwest and also in the north to Ukraine.
- 3.1 Biggest Towns
Demography
In 2002, the county 452 834 inhabitants and a population density of 91 inhabitants per km ². 166 651 inhabitants (37%) among the urban population, 287 372 people (63%) live in villages.
2011 had the county Botosani 412 626 inhabitants, thus a population density of about 82 inhabitants per km ².
Ethnic Groups
The population is made up of the following ethnic groups (as of 2002):
- Romania ( 447 426 persons, 98.80 %)
- Roma ( 3,390 persons; 0.74 %)
- Ukrainians ( 896 persons; 0.19 %)
- Lipovans ( 698 persons, 0.15 %)
- Jews (115 persons; 0.02 %)
- Hungary (83 persons, 0.01 %)
- German (59 persons, 0.01 %)
- Greeks (34 people)
- Armenians (29 people)
- Italians ( 18 people)
- Turks ( 7 people)
- Slovaks (6 people)
- Poland ( 5 people)
- Bulgarians (2 people )
- Croats ( 1 person)
- Serbs ( 1 person)
- Tartars ( 1 person)
- Csángós ( 1 person)
- Other ethnic groups (62 people)
Geography
The county has a total area of 4,986 km ²; so he takes a roughly 2.1 % of the country. Situated in the north -eastern Romania, the county is in the northern part of the historical region of Moldavia ( Principatul Moldovei ), in the northern part of the western Moldova. In the north and east of the district borders the River Prut ( Prut ), on the west by Seret ( Siret ). One of the major rivers of the district are still the Jijia and Başeu. The landscape of the circle falls from the west ( 587 m above sea level. M. at Dealu Mare) in an easterly direction ( 54 m above sea level. M. on the Pruth ) from. The largest lake in the district is built on the Prut River Reservoir Stanca - Costeşti in the field of Ştefăneşti.
Cities and Towns
The circle consists of Botosani officially 351 villages. Of these, 7 have the status of a city, 71 to a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.