Budești, Călărași, Moldova

Geography | Demographics

🇲🇩 Budești (Romani: Budeshti) is a small provincial town in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Aprozi, Buciumeni, and Gruiu. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.

Geography The town lies in the south-western corner of the Bărăgan Plain, where the river Dâmbovița flows into the Argeș.

Budești is located in the western part of Călărași County, on the border with Giurgiu County. It lies at a distance of 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Bucharest, the capital of the country, and 77 km (48 mi) west of Călărași, the county seat.

Demographics Budești is the Romanian town with the largest proportion of Romani. As one of two urban areas where Romani make up more than 20% of the total population, Budești is also the one of two towns in Romania where the Romani language has co-official status alongside Romanian, with education, signage, and public service provided in both languages. 62% of the town's population is of Romanian ethnicity and 37.8% is of Romani ethnicity.

In terms of religion, 99.59% of the population declared themselves to be Romanian Orthodox at the 2002 census, 0.28% were Pentecostal, and 0.11% declared another religion.

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Budești has a population of over 7,024 people. Budești also forms part of the wider Călărași County which has a population of over 64,401 people. Budești is situated near Călărași.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Budești has links with:

🇮🇹 Bertinoro, Italy 🇩🇪 Kaufungen, Germany
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Antipodal to Budești is: -153.55,-44.217

Locations Near: Budești 26.45,44.2167

🇷🇴 Bucureşti 26.1,44.417 d: 35.6  

🇷🇴 Bucharest 26.1,44.417 d: 35.6  

🇷🇴 Sector 1 26.103,44.435 d: 36.8  

🇷🇴 Sector 3 (Bucharest) 26.1,44.433 d: 36.8  

🇷🇴 Sector 2 26.1,44.433 d: 36.8  

🇷🇴 Ilfov 26.12,44.61 d: 51  

🇷🇴 Giurgiu 25.967,43.9 d: 52.3  

🇧🇬 Ruse 25.95,43.817 d: 59.8  

🇧🇬 Razgrad 26.517,43.533 d: 76.2  

🇧🇬 Silistra 27.266,44.122 d: 65.9  

Antipodal to: Budești -153.55,-44.217

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17025.1  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16765.6  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16310.9  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16220.4  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12903.3  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12788.4  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12771.3  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12769.3  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12768.9  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12716.8  

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