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Balti City: General Information

Bălţi is the third-largest city of the Republic of Moldova and the main city of the northern region. The town is situated on the small river Răut (sometimes incorrectly spelled Reut, an affluent of Nistru Dniester), among a hilly landscape that in the Middle Ages was covered with forest, but has since been almost entirely cut down.

Bălţi is situated on the top and slopes of hills, and partially in a valley. The land in the north of Moldova is very fertile, with black-earth dominating in quasi-totality. The agricultural potential represents practically the only natural resource of Moldova. Some excavation of materials for the construction industry is also employed at several sites around Bălţi.

The river Raut, which is the size of a creek when it passes Bălţi, is polluted in a village upstream by a Soviet-style animal farm. Using its water is therefore quite hazardous, but for the most part the banks are fenced or otherwise unaccessible to the population.

The municipality covers an area of 78.0 km², of which the city proper 41.42 km², the village Elisabeta (an eastern suburb) 9.81 km², and the village Sadovoe (a north-western suburb) 26.77 km². Of these, an important portion (20.11 km²) is actually agricultural land.

Some city neighborhoods bear the names of the former 19th century suburbs: Pamanteni, Slobozia, Molodova, Baltul Nou, Podul Chisinaului; some are known by their Soviet-era names: 8th district, 9th district; or other names: Autogara (which in Romanian means the inter-city coach station), Dacia, also colloquially named Bam (the Soviet-era name October, from the October Revolution of 1917, was never used colloquially during that period).

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