Botoșani County
Botoșani County
Județul Botoșani | |
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Church of Saint Nicholas in Dorohoi; Old Prefecture of Botoșani, Wooden Church of Brăești; Monument of the 1907 peasants' revolt in Flămânzi; Gothic-style bell tower in Săveni; George Enescu; Ștefan Luchian | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Botoșani County in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′N 26°49′E / 47.84°N 26.82°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Nord-Est |
| Historic region | Western Moldavia |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Botoșani |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Valeriu Iftime (PNL) |
| • Prefect2 | Dan Nechifor |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 29th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 392,821 |
| • Rank | 22nd in Romania |
| • Density | 78.78/km2 (204.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 71wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x314 |
| Car Plates | BT5 |
| GDP | US$1.726 billion (2015) |
| GDP per capita | US$4,18 (2015) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 1 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 2w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 3x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 4used 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 | |
Botoșani County (Romanian pronunciation: [botoˈʃanʲ] ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neighbouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the county seat at Botoșani.