Iaşi
| Iași | |||
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| — Ceety — | |||
| Frae top left: Palace o Cultur, Vasile Alecsandri Statue in front o the National Theatre, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Golia Tower, Metropolitan Cathedral, an the Botanical Garden | |||
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| Eik-name(s): The Cultural Caipital o Romanie, The Ceety o Great Loves, The Ceety o the Famous Destinies, The Ceety o Great Ideas, The Ceety o the Three Unions, The Ceety on Seiven Hills[1][2][3][4] | |||
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| Coordinates: 47°09′25″N 27°35′25″E / 47.15694°N 27.59028°E | |||
| Kintra | |||
| Coonty | Iași Coonty | ||
| Status | Municipality | ||
| Foondit | 1408 (first offeecial record) | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Mayor | Gheorghe Nichita (Social Democrat Pairty (Romanie)) | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Ceety | 93.9 km2 (36.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 808 km2 (312 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2011 census[5]) | |||
| - Ceety | 263,410 | ||
| - Densitie | 2,805/km2 (7,264.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 349,992 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal Code | 700xxx | ||
| Aurie code(s) | +40 x32 | ||
| Caur Plates | IS | ||
| Wabsteid | www.primaria-iasi.ro | ||
Iaşi (Romanie pronunciation: [ˈjaʃʲ]) (historically referred tae as Jassy or Iassy an aw), is the seicont lairgest ceety (accordin tae the last census) an a municipality in Romanie. Locatit in the historical Moldavia region, Iaşi haes traditionally been ane o the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The ceety wis the caipital o the Principality o Moldavie frae 1564 tae 1859, then o the Unitit Principalities frae 1859 tae 1862 an the caipital of Romanie frae 1916 tae 1918.
Kent as The Cultural Caipital o Romanie, Iaşi is a seembol in Romanian history. The historian Nicolae Iorga said "There shoud be nae Romanian who does no ken o it".[6]
Still referred tae as The Moldavie Caipital,[7] Iaşi is the seat o Iaşi Coonty an the main economic centre o the Romanian region o Moldavie. The social an cultural life revolves aroond the Vasile Alecsandri Naitional Theater (the auldest in Romanie), the Moldova State Philharmonic, the Opera House, the Tătăraşi Athenaeum, a famous Botanical Garden (the auldest an lairgest in Romanie), the Central University Library (the auldest in Romanie), the heich quality cultural centres an festivals, an array o museums, memorial hooses, releegious an historical monuments.
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Etymology an names [edit]
The ceety is historically referred tae as:
- German, Pols, Inglis: Jassy
- French: Iassy
- Hungarian: Jászvásár
- Roushie: Яссы, Yassy
- Yiddish: יאס, Yas
- Greek: Ιάσιο, Iàsio
- Turkis: Yaş
- Ukrainian: Яси, Yasy
- Italian: Jassi
Scholars hae different theories on the oreegin o the name "Iaşi".[8] Some argue that the name oreeginates wi the Sarmatian tribe Iazyges (o Iranian oreegin), ane mentioned bi Ovid as "Ipse vides onerata ferox ut ducata Iasyx/ Per media Istri plaustra bubulcus aquas" an "Iazyges et Colchi Metereaque turba Getaque/ Danubii mediis vix prohibentur aquis".
A nou lost inscription on a Roman milestane[9] foond near Osijek, Croatie bi Matija Petar Katančić in the 18t century, mentions the existence o a Jassiorum municipium,[10] or Municipium Dacorum-Iassiorum frae ither sources.[11]
Anither explanation is that the name oreeginatit frae the Iranian Alanic tribe o Jassi. The Hungarian name o the ceety (Jászvásár) literally means "Jassic Mercat"; the antiquatit Romanian name, Târgul Ieşilor (an the ance-favoured Iaşii), mey indicate the same meanin.
Oral sources say that the name mey come frae an airchaic form o the Romanian wird "tae exit" acause the ceety wis an important trade node in the region.[citation needit]
Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
Iaşi is twinned wi:
Jericho, Palestinian Authority (2003) |
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References [edit]
- ↑ – 80th anniversary of the Great Union of 1918
- ↑ – Iasi, the cultural city (Romanie)
- ↑ – About Iasi at laiasi.ro (Romanie)
- ↑ Romanian Cities at tarom.ro (Romanie)
- ↑ Iasi County at the 2011 census (Romanian). INSSE (February 2, 2012). Retrieved on 16 Februar 2012. .
- ↑ Tourism - About Iasi
- ↑ About Iasi City
- ↑ The beginnings of Iasi (Romanie)
- ↑ Museum Documentation Center Croatie, A Tractate on the Roman Milestone Discovered near Osijek
- ↑ Columbia University, Orbis Latinus - entry for Jassium
- ↑ Orașul Iași: monografie istorică și socială(Romanie)
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- Iaşi Ceety Hall wabsteid
- Iaşi at romaniatourism.com
- (Romanie) Offeecial site o the Iaşi polis inspectorate