Botosani County

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}} '''Botoșani''' ({{IPA-ro|botoˈʃanʲ|-|Ro-Botoșani.ogg}}) 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%) – the highest percentage of [[Romanians]] in Romania *[[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Romas]] -(0.7%)- the lowest percentage of [[Romani people|Gypsies]] in Romania *[[Russians]] – (0.2%) *[[Ukrainians]] – (0.2%) {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! County population |- | 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 (Prut)|Jijia River]]. * temperate climate, influenced by the eastern air masses of the continent. ===Neighbours=== {{Romanian counties map}} *[[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]] in the East – [[Edineț|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. 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. The emergency situations spokeswoman [[Dorina Lupu]] from [[Botoşani county|Botoşani judet]] said unusually heavy rain had killed 6 people, most in the town of [[Dorohoi]] on the 29th. 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 [[Frumuşica, Botoşani|Şendreni]], [[Siret]] had a rate of 728 cm (78 cm over the danger level). The local emergency services reinforced the [[Dyke (construction)|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== {{Urban Settlements Botoşani}} 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, Botoşani|Ştefăneşti]] {{col-begin}} {{col-6}} *Communes **[[Adăşeni]] **[[Albeşti, Botoşani|Albeşti]] **[[Avrămeni]] **[[Băluşeni]] **[[Blândeşti]] **[[Brăeşti, Botoşani|Brăeşti]] **[[Broscăuţi]] **[[Călăraşi, Botoşani|Călăraşi]] **[[Cândeşti, Botoşani|Cândeşti]] **[[Conceşti]] **[[Copălău]] **[[Cordăreni]] {{col-6}} **[[Corlăteni, Botoşani|Corlăteni]] **[[Corni, Botoşani|Corni]] **[[Coşula]] **[[Coţuşca]] **[[Cristeşti, Botoşani|Cristeşti]] **[[Cristineşti]] **[[Curteşti]] **[[Dersca]] **[[Dângeni]] **[[Dimăcheni]] **[[Dobârceni]] **[[Drăguşeni, Botoşani|Drăguşeni]] {{col-6}} **[[Durneşti]] **[[Frumuşica, Botoşani|Frumuşica]] **[[George Enescu, Botoşani|George Enescu]] **[[Gorbăneşti]] **[[Havârna]] **[[Hăneşti]] **[[Hilişeu-Horia]] **[[Hlipiceni]] **[[Hudeşti]] **[[Ibăneşti, Botoşani|Ibăneşti]] **[[Leorda]] **[[Lozna, Botoşani|Lozna]] {{col-6}} **[[Lunca, Botoşani|Lunca]] **[[Manoleasa]] **[[Mihai Eminescu, Botoşani|Mihai Eminescu]] **[[Mihăileni, Botoşani|Mihăileni]] **[[Mihălăşeni, Botoşani|Mihălăşeni]] **[[Mileanca]] **[[Mitoc, Botoşani|Mitoc]] **[[Nicşeni]] **[[Păltiniş, Botoşani|Păltiniş]] **[[Pomârla]] **[[Prăjeni]] **[[Rădăuţi-Prut]] {{col-6}} **[[Răchiţi]] **[[Răuseni]] **[[Ripiceni]] **[[Roma, Botoşani|Roma]] **[[Româneşti, Botoşani|Româneşti]] **[[Santa Mare]] **[[Stăuceni]] **[[Suharău]] **[[Suliţa]] **[[Şendriceni]] **[[Ştiubieni]] **[[Todireni]] {{col-6}} **[[Truşeşti]] **[[Tudora]] **[[Ungureni, Botoşani|Ungureni]] **[[Unţeni]] **[[Văculeşti]] **[[Viişoara, Botoşani|Viişoara]] **[[Vârfu Câmpului]] **[[Vlădeni, Botoşani|Vlădeni]] **[[Vlăsineşti]] **[[Vorniceni, Botoşani|Vorniceni]] **[[Vorona, Botoşani|Vorona]] {{col-end}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Botoşani County}} {{Botoşani County}} {{Counties (judete) of Romania}} {{coord missing|Romania}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Botosani County}}