Bălţi
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![]() Municipality of Bălţi (in red) in Moldova | |
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Municipality | Bălți |
Communes | Sadovoe, Elizaveta |
Founded | 1620[1][2][3] |
City rights | 1818 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Council |
• Mayor | Vasile Panciuc, since 2011 |
Area | |
• City | 78.00 km2 (30.12 sq mi) |
• Urban | 41.43 km2 (16.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• City | 144,000 |
• Density | 1,909.9/km2 (4,947/sq mi) |
• Metro | 148,900 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | MD-3100 |
Area code | +373 231 X-XX-XX |
Licence plate | BL XX 000 |
Website | www.balti.md |
Bălţi is the third-largest city in the country of Moldova. It is the major city in the northern part of the country. During the Russian Empire (1812-1917), and later the Soviet era (1940-1990) the name was also spelled Beltsy, from its form in Russian. The city is 135 kilometres (84 miles) north of the capital Chişinău, on the small river Răut, a branch of the Dniester (Nistru). It is located on a hilly landscape that, in the Middle Ages, was covered with forest. This forest has since been almost entirely cut down.
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- ↑ Teo-Teodor Marșalcovschi (2007). "Geneza municipiului Bălţi: concept urbanistic şi prima atestare" (PDF). Anuarul Catedrei Discipline Socioumanistice: 6–28. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ↑ Nicolae Enciu (2019). "Orașul și județul Bălți de la începuturi până în anul Marii Uniri" (PDF). Dialogica, revistă de studii culturale și literatură: 104–115. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3332722. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ↑ Руслан Михалевский (2016). "Академия наук: 1421 год не является датой первого упоминания о Бельцах" (PDF). SP. Retrieved 2022-07-21.