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www .balti .md. Bălți ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbəltsʲ] ⓘ) is a city in Moldova. It is the second-largest city in terms of population, area and economic importance, after Chișinău. The city holds the status of municipiu.
During the European Middle Ages, the fair belonged to Soroca, then after 1785 to the Iași ținut ( county) of the Principality of Moldova. Bălți was a crossroad, with post -roads from Iași, Hotin, Soroca, and Orhei intersecting. It soon became a renowned horse fair, and also a cattle fair. In 1469, a Crimean Tatar invasion led by the khan ...
Moldova, [ d] officially the Republic of Moldova, [ e] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans. [ 16] The country spans a total of 33,483 km 2 (12,928 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 2.42 million as of January 2024. [ 17] Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the ...
The history of Moldova can be traced to the 1350s, when the Principality of Moldavia, the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania, was founded. The principality was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 until the 19th century. In 1812, following one of several Russian–Turkish wars, the eastern half of the principality, Bessarabia ...
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced ⓘ or Țara Moldovei, literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe, [8] [9] [10] corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.
Cities and towns in Moldova Rank City/town Population Administrative unit Census 1930 Census 1959 Census 1970 Census 1979 Census 1989 Census 2004 Census 2014 ...
Geography of Moldova. / 47°N 29°E / 47; 29. Located in Eastern Europe, Moldova is bordered on the west and southwest by Romania and on the north, south, and east by Ukraine. Most of its territory lies in Bessarabia region, between the area's two main rivers, the Nistru and the Prut. The Nistru forms a small part of Moldova's border ...
Besides traditional for Moldova wine making, sugar, meat processing, flour milling, oil production, and light industry in general, Bălți is the center for manufacturing of agricultural machinery, of various construction materials, fur, textile, chemical and furniture industries. A mammoth Soviet-type conglomerate 8,000-worker factory (called ...