Iași

Iași
Iași
	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
	Coat airms
	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
	Iași Location o Iași athin Romanie (in red)
	Coordinates: 47°09′25″N 27°35′25″E / 47.15694°N 27.59028°ECoordinates: 47°09′25″N 27°35′25″E / 47.15694°N 27.59028°E
Kintra	Romanie
Coonty	Iași Coonty
Status	Municipality
Foondit	1408 (first offeecial record)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Gheorghe Nichita (Social Democrat Pairty (Romanie))
Area
• Ceety	93.9 km2 (36.3 sq mi)
• Metro	808 km2 (312 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Ceety	263,410
• Density	2805/km2 (7,260/sq mi)
• Metro	349,992
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	700xxx
Area code(s)	+40 x32
Caur Plates	IS
Website	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 Moldavie region, Iaşi haes tradeetionally been ane o the leadin centres o Romanie 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 o Romanie frae 1916 tae 1918.

Kent as The Cultural Caipital o Romanie, Iaşi is a seembol in Romanie history. The historian Nicolae Iorga said "Thare shoud be nae Romanie 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 Romanie 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.

Etymology an names

The ceety is historically referred tae as:

German, Pols, Inglis: Jassy
French: Iassy
Hungarian: Jászvásár
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Turkis: Yaş
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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

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Iaşi is twinned wi:

Chișinău, Moldovae (2008) Asyut, Egyp (1995) Athens, Unitit States (2001) Filacciano, Italy (1999) Forano, Italy (1999) Irbid, Jordan (2000) Isfahan, Iran (1999) Jericho, Palestinian Authority (2003)	Kozani, Greece (1928) Monterrey, Mexico (2002) Morlupo, Italy (1999) Nazzano, Italy (1999) Padua, Italy (1995) Peristeri, Greece (2002) Poitiers, Fraunce (1969)	Quebec Ceety, Canadae (2001) Sant'Oreste, Italy (1999) Torrita Tiberina, Italy (1999) Villeneuve d'Ascq, Fraunce (2003) Vinnytsia, Ukraine (1993) Xi'an, Cheenae (1993) Eindhoven, Netherlands (2011) Veliko Turnovo, Bulgarie (1998)