| Botoșani | |||
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| — County (Județ) — | |||
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| Botoșani county, territorial location | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Botoșani (Romanian pronunciation: [botoˈʃanʲ] ( listen)) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia, with the capital city at Botoșani.
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In 2002, it had a population of 452,834 and the population density was 91/km2.
| Year | County population[2] |
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| 1948 | 385,236 |
| 1956 | 428,050 |
| 1966 | 452,406 |
| 1977 | 451,217 |
| 1992 | 461,305 |
| 2002 | 452,834 |
This is a predominantly agricultural county.
The predominant industries in the county are:
At Stânca-Costeşti there is one of the greatest hydroelectric power plants in Romania.
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.
Botoşani County has 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 71 communes
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