Galați

Galați is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. It is a port on the left bank of the Danube, at the junction of the Siret and Prut rivers and about 80 kilometres from the Black Sea, and it is the sixth largest city on the Danube. The 2021 census counted 217,851 inhabitants within the city limits, making it the eighth most populous city in Romania, and the city covers about 246.4 square kilometres. Its economy rests on the river port, the naval shipyard and the largest steel works in Romania. The settlement grew from an ancient Dacian site beside a Danube ford, a Moldavian charter of 1445 mentions it, and in 1837 it was declared a free port. The University of Galați was founded in 1974, and its climate is classed by Köppen as either hot-summer humid continental or humid subtropical depending on the isotherm used.