Iași

capital of the county of Iași, Romania
Organization municipality_of_romania Q46852
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Summary

Iași is a municipality of Romania[1]. Iași ranks in the top 6% of municipality of romania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,352 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: League of Historical Cities[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iași County[4]
  • Country: Romania[5]
  • Head of government: Mihai Chirica[6]
  • Instance of: capital of county in Romania[7], big city[8]
  • Capital: Jassy[9]
  • Official language: Romanian[10]
  • Twinned administrative body: Chișinău[11], Asyut[12], Athens[13], Filacciano[14], Forano[15], Irbid[16], Isfahan[17], Jericho[18], Kozani[19], Monterrey[20], Morlupo[21], Nazzano[22], Netanya[23], Padua[24]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Iași[25]
  • Postal code: 700001–700951[26]
  • Commons category: Iași[27]
  • Licence plate code: IS[28]
  • Patron saint: Paraskeva of the Balkans[29]
  • Local dialing code: 02-32[30]
  • Inception: October 6, 1408[31]
  • Official website: https://www.primaria-iasi.ro/[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Iași[33]
  • Commons gallery: Iași[34]
  • Email address: mailto:cabinet.primar@primaria-iasi.ro[35]
  • Population: 290,422[36], 65,745[37], 75,229[38], 102,872[39], 96,075[40], 112,977[41], 161,023[42], 265,002[43], 344,425[44], 320,888[45], 271,692[46]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Iași include Iași International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Romania[49], founded in 1926[50].

Why It Matters

Iași has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Iași is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for Iași include Iași International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Romania[49], founded in 1926[50].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . 2016bec.ro. 2016bec.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Q87326032. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . georgia.org. georgia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . jericho-city.ps. jericho-city.ps. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . primaria-iasi.ro. primaria-iasi.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . primaria-iasi.ro. primaria-iasi.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . comune.padova.it. comune.padova.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . lhc-s.org. Retrieved . lhc-s.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Q136665205. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . docs.google.com. docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . recensamantromania.ro. Retrieved . recensamantromania.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 2021 Romanian census. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Paul Jivcovici · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → municipality of Romania, capital of county in Romania, big city
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: college town"
  2. 15d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'br', 'c
    Wikidata description → capital of the county of Iași, Romania
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57208|batch #57208]]"
  3. 5w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Capital of → Iași County, Principality of Moldavia, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Capital of: Kingdom of Romania"
  4. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → —
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 8529
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 8529, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480392|JASSY (Jaschi) (#167480392)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclope"
  5. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Iași County, Principality of Moldavia, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia +4
    Eurovoc id → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Eurovoc id: 8507, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
  6. 14w ago · UVD93 · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Iași County, Iași County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iași County"
  7. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Iași
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Iași
    Inception → +1408-10-06T00:00:00Z
    Twinned administrative body → Chișinău, Asyut, Athens +29
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 87961, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
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