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Galaţi
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Location of Galaţi
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| Country |  Romania |
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| County | Galaţi County | |
| Status | County capital | |
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| • City | 246.3 km2 (95.1 sq mi) | |
| Population
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| • City | 298,861 | |
| • Density | 1,213/km2 (3,140/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 600,000 | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Website | http://www.primaria.galati.ro/ | |
Galaţi ( Turkish: Kalas; German: Galatz; Polish: Gałacz) is a city in the eastern part of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia. It is the capital city of Galaţi County.
It lies on the west bank of the Danube River, near Moldova and Ukraine.
As of 2016, about 304,000 people were living in Galaţi.
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.
Images for kids
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Galați in 1826
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Domnească Street, 1905
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Over the Danube
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Lambrinidi House
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Administrative Palace
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral
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Precista fortified church
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The Bulgarian Church in Galați
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Public Garden
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Botanical Garden
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Fani Tardini Drama Theatre
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Nae Leonard National Theatre of Opera and Operetta
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Galați History Museum
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Visual Arts Museum
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Galați steel works in 2006.
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The main building of the University of Galați
See also
In Spanish: Galați para niños
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