Botoșani County

Botoşani is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Moldavia, with the capital city at Botoşani.

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
 * Romas -(0.7%)- the lowest percentage of Gypsies in Romania
 * Russians - (0.2%)
 * Ukrainians - (0.2%)

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 Iaşi 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.
 * temperate climate, influenced by the eastern air masses of the continent.

Neighbours

 * Republic of Moldova in the East - Edineţ Raion.
 * Suceava County in the West.
 * Ukraine in the North - Chernivtsi Oblast.
 * Iaşi 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.

the main tourist in Romania are: botosani suceava,

2010 Romanian floods
The north-eastern town of Dorohoi witnessed 6 deaths in the night of June 28–29 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 Botosani judet said unusually heavy rain had killed 6 people, most in the town of Dorohoi on the 29th.

On July 5, 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). . The local emergency servaces renforced the dykes in the afternoon and narrowly averted any more flooding. It was flooded during the July 2010 flood as was its names sake in Galaţi County.

Administrative divisions
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


 * Communes
 * Adăşeni
 * Albeşti
 * Avrămeni
 * Băluşeni
 * Blândeşti
 * Brăeşti
 * Broscăuţi
 * Călăraşi
 * Cândeşti
 * Conceşti
 * Copălău
 * Cordăreni


 * Corlăteni
 * Corni
 * Coşula
 * Coţuşca
 * Cristeşti
 * Cristineşti
 * Curteşti
 * Dersca
 * Dângeni
 * Dimăcheni
 * Dobârceni
 * Drăguşeni


 * Durneşti
 * Frumuşica
 * George Enescu
 * Gorbăneşti
 * Havârna
 * Hăneşti
 * Hilişeu-Horia
 * Hlipiceni
 * Hudeşti
 * Ibăneşti
 * Leorda
 * Lozna


 * Lunca
 * Manoleasa
 * Mihai Eminescu
 * Mihăileni
 * Mihălăşeni
 * Mileanca
 * Mitoc
 * Nicşeni
 * Păltiniş
 * Pomârla
 * Prăjeni
 * Rădăuţi-Prut


 * Răchiţi
 * Răuseni
 * Ripiceni
 * Roma
 * Româneşti
 * Santa Mare
 * Stăuceni
 * Suharău
 * Suliţa
 * Şendriceni
 * Ştiubieni
 * Todireni


 * Truşeşti
 * Tudora
 * Ungureni
 * Unţeni
 * Văculeşti
 * Viişoara
 * Vârfu Câmpului
 * Vlădeni
 * Vlăsineşti
 * Vorniceni
 * Vorona