Galaţi

Galaţi
Coat of arms
Location of Galaţi
Coordinates: 45°25′24″N 28°2′33″E
Country	Romania
County	Galaţi County
Status	County capital
Government
• Mayor leader_name = 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	600,000
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primaria.galati.ro/

Galaţi (pronounced [gaˈlaʦʲ], Turkish: Kalas; German: Galatz; Polish: Gałacz) is a city in the eastern part of Romania (Moldavia). It is the capital city of Galaţi County.

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.
• Odessa, 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.

Other websites

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Galaţi

• (Romanian) Official site
• (Romanian) Pictures of old Galaţi