Botoșani

Botoşani
County capital
Coat of arms
Location of Botoşani
Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Botoşani County
Status	County capital
Government
• Mayor	Cătălin Mugurel Flutur (National Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	40.7 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	119.132
• Density	2,822/km2 (7,310/sq mi)
• July 1, 2005	119.132
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.primariabt.ro

Botoşani (pronunciation in Romanian: /bo.to'ʃanʲ/ is the capital city of Botoşani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. It has a population of 115,609 people as of the year 2002

Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.

Sport

Football is represented in Botoşani by the team FC Botoşani.