Romania
Moldavia
Iași County

Iași

Iaşi is the second city of after , the national capital, by population and in cultural, historical and academic importance. It is the second largest university centre in Romania.
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  • Type: City with 290,000 residents
  • Description: city and seat of Iași County in the historical region of Moldavia in north-eastern Romania
  • Also known as: “Copou”, “Copou-Târg”, “Galata”, “Iasi”, “Ilasi”, “Jaßenmarkt”, “Jászvásár”, “Munteni”, “Păcurari”, “Păcureţ”, “Podgoria”, “Socol”, “Socola”, and “Yassy”
  • Historically known as: “Jassy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palace of Culture and Iași National Theatre.

Castle
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The is an edifice located in Iași, . The building served as the Administrative and Justice Palace until 1955, when its designation and use was changed, and assigned to the four museums nowadays united under the name of Moldavia National Museum Complex.

Theater building
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The in Iași, , is the oldest national theatre and one of the most prestigious theatrical institutions in Romania. In 1956, it was given the name of the renowned Romanian playwright and poet Vasile Alecsandri.

Church
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Mănăstirea Trei Ierarhi is a seventeenth-century monastery located in Iași, . The monastery is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments and included on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Iași

Latitude
47.1616° or 47° 9′ 42″ north
Longitude
27.5838° or 27° 35′ 2″ east
Population
290,000
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
IATA airport code
IAS
United Nations Location Codes
RO IAS and RO SOL
Open location code
8GV95H6M+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 129984582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
675810
Wiki­data ID
Q46852
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Iași” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Iași”
  • Albanian: “Iași”
  • Albanian: “Jashi”
  • Arabic: “ياش”
  • Armenian: “Յաշ”
  • Armenian: “Յասի”
  • Armenian: “Յասսի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yassı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yasvaşar”
  • Banjar: “Iaşi”
  • Banjar: “Iași”
  • Basque: “Iași”
  • Belarusian: “Ясы”
  • Belarusian: “Яш”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াশি”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াসি”
  • Breton: “Iași”
  • Bulgarian: “Яш”
  • Catalan: “Iaşi”
  • Catalan: “Iași”
  • Cebuano: “Iași”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Iași”
  • Chechen: “Яссы”
  • Chinese: “雅西”
  • Croatian: “Iași”
  • Croatian: “Jaš” (historical)
  • Czech: “Iasi”
  • Czech: “Iași”
  • Czech: “Jasy”
  • Danish: “Iaöi”
  • Danish: “Iasi”
  • Danish: “Iaşi”
  • Danish: “Iași”
  • Dutch: “Iaşi”
  • Dutch: “Iași”
  • Dutch: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Dutch: “Jassy”
  • Dutch: “Jászvásár”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ياش”
  • Erzya: “Яссы ош”
  • Esperanto: “Iaşi”
  • Esperanto: “Iași”
  • Esperanto: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Esperanto: “Jassy”
  • Esperanto: “Jászvásár”
  • Estonian: “Iasi”
  • Estonian: “Iaşi”
  • Estonian: “Iași”
  • Estonian: “Jassy”
  • Extremaduran: “Iași”
  • Finnish: “Iasi”
  • Finnish: “Iaşi”
  • Finnish: “Iași”
  • Finnish: “Jassy”
  • French: “Iași”
  • French: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • French: “Jassy”
  • French: “Jászvásár”
  • Galician: “Iaşi”
  • Galician: “Iași”
  • Georgian: “იასი”
  • German: “Iaşi”
  • German: “Iași”
  • German: “Jassy”
  • German: “Jászvásár”
  • German: “Jaßenmarkt” (historical)
  • Greek: “Ιάσιο”
  • Gujarati: “ઇઆસી”
  • Hebrew: “יאס”
  • Hebrew: “יאסי”
  • Hebrew: “יאש”
  • Hebrew: “יאשי”
  • Hindi: “लासी”
  • Hungarian: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Hungarian: “Jassy”
  • Hungarian: “Jászvásár”
  • Icelandic: “Iasi”
  • Icelandic: “Iaşi”
  • Icelandic: “Iași”
  • Indonesian: “Iasi”
  • Indonesian: “Iași”
  • Indonesian: “Iassy”
  • Indonesian: “Jaszvasar”
  • Indonesian: “Jászvásár”
  • Interlingue: “Iaşi”
  • Interlingue: “Iași”
  • Irish: “Iaşi”
  • Irish: “Iași”
  • Italian: “Iași”
  • Italian: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Italian: “Jassi”
  • Italian: “Jászvásár”
  • Japanese: “ヤーシ”
  • Japanese: “ヤシ”
  • Javanese: “Iași”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾಸಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Яссы қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Яссы”
  • Korean: “야시”
  • Korean: “이아쉬”
  • Korean: “이아시”
  • Ladino: “Iashi”
  • Ladino: “Iași”
  • Latin: “Iasi”
  • Latin: “Iassii”
  • Latin: “Iassium”
  • Latin: “Jassy”
  • Latvian: “Iaşi”
  • Latvian: “Jasi”
  • Latvian: “Jaši”
  • Lithuanian: “Jasai”
  • Luxembourgish: “Iași”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jassy”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Iashi”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Iasi”
  • Macedonian: “Јаш”
  • Malay: “Iasi”
  • Malay: “Iași”
  • Maltese: “Iași”
  • Marathi: “इयासी”
  • Marathi: “याश”
  • Minangkabau: “Iași”
  • Moksha: “Яссы”
  • Mongolian: “Яаш хот”
  • Mongolian: “Яш”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ياش”
  • Narom: “Iași”
  • Northern Frisian: “Iași”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iasi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iaşi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iași”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jassy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iasi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iași”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jassy”
  • Norwegian: “Iași”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Iași”
  • Ossetian: “Яссы”
  • Persian: “ایاشی”
  • Persian: “یاش”
  • Polish: “Iasi”
  • Polish: “Iaşi”
  • Polish: “Jassy”
  • Portuguese: “Iaşi”
  • Portuguese: “Iași”
  • Portuguese: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Portuguese: “Jassy”
  • Portuguese: “Jászvásár”
  • Romanian: “Iași”
  • Romanian: “Iașii”
  • Romanian: “Iassi”
  • Romanian: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Romanian: “Jassy”
  • Romanian: “Jászvásár”
  • Romanian: “Târgul Ieșilor”
  • Russian: “Яссы”
  • Scots: “Iași”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Iași”
  • Serbian: “Iaşi”
  • Serbian: “Јаш”
  • Serbian: “Јаши”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Iași”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jaši”
  • Sicilian: “Iasi”
  • Sicilian: “Iaşi”
  • Sicilian: “Iași”
  • Silesian: “Iași”
  • Sinhala: “ලැසී”
  • Slovak: “Iasi”
  • Slovak: “Iaşi”
  • Slovak: “Jasy”
  • Slovenian: “Iași”
  • Slovenian: “Jasi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اییاشی”
  • Spanish: “Iași”
  • Spanish: “Jaßenmarkt”
  • Spanish: “Jassy”
  • Spanish: “Jászvásár”
  • Swedish: “Iasi”
  • Swedish: “Iaşi”
  • Swedish: “Iași”
  • Swedish: “Iassy”
  • Swedish: “Jassy”
  • Tajik: “Ясси”
  • Tajik: “Яш”
  • Tamil: “லாசி”
  • Tatar: “Яшь”
  • Telugu: “లాసీ”
  • Thai: “ยัช”
  • Thai: “ยาช”
  • Turkish: “Iași”
  • Turkish: “Yaş”
  • Tyap: “Yashi”
  • Tyap: “Yasi”
  • Ukrainian: “Яси”
  • Ukrainian: “Ясси”
  • Ukrainian: “Яський Торг”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Iași”
  • Urdu: “یاشی”
  • Uzbek: “Yassi”
  • Venetian: “Iași”
  • Veps: “Jassi”
  • Vietnamese: “Iasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Iași”
  • Vlax Romani: “Yashi”
  • Volapük: “Iaşi”
  • Volapük: “Iași”
  • Walloon: “Iaşi”
  • Walloon: “Iași”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Iași”
  • Welsh: “Iași”
  • Western Armenian: “Եաշ”
  • Western Armenian: “Յասի”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایاشی”
  • Wu Chinese: “雅西”
  • Yiddish: “יאס”
  • Yue Chinese: “雅西”
  • “Iași”

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