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Botoșani
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Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa.
Botoșani is a city in northern Romania that serves as the capital of Botoșani County. It is historically significant as the birthplace of several renowned Romanian figures, including the poet Mihai Eminescu, historian Nicolae Iorga, and naturalist Grigore Antipa.
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Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Botoșani
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Botoșani
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU BT Botosani CoA.svg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Botoșani, Botoșani.svg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Botoșani County
- Romanian subdivision.established_date
- 1439 (first mention)
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Cosmin-Ionuț Andrei
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 170
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 41.36
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 710xxx
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +40 x31
- Weather.location
- Botoșani (normals 1991-2020, extremes 1981-present)
- Weather.metric first
- Yes
- Weather.single line
- Yes
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Botoșani
- Population
- 90010
- Area
- 41.36
- Elevation
- 170
- Official website
- primariabt.ro
- Image
- Casco antiguo Bt.jpg
- Licence plate code
- BT
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- Commons category
- Botoșani
- postal code
- 710001–710383
- native label
- Botoșani
- inception
- 1350-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1493-00-00
- nickname
- Oraşul domniţelor
- phone number
- +40-231502200
- street address
- Piața Revoluției 1, Botoșani
- population by native language
- 10
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P12749
- William Rittenhouse
- IPA transcription
- botoˈʃanʲ
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Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa.
==Etymology== The name of the city likely has its origin in the name of a boyar family called Botaș, whose name can be found in old records dating to the rule of Stephen the Great in the 15th century. Considered to be one of the most prosperous families in historical Moldavia, their lineage traces back to the 11th century.
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