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Galaţi
Galati County · Romania
City population
217,851
#8
in Romania
#1
in Galati County
#2,646
worldwide
45.437, 28.050 · 189 km from Bucharest
About Galaţi
Galaţi is a city in Galati County, Romania with a population of 217,851. It is the 8th largest of the 126 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Romania, and the 2,646th largest worldwide. It lies 189 km from Bucharest.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Galati County
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Bucharest
Coordinates
45.437, 28.050
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 126 in RomaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.