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Bălți, city, northern Moldova, on the Râut (Reut) River. It dates to the 15th century. Bălți is a major railway junction and the centre of the rich agricultural Bălți Steppe. Most industries are concerned with processing farm produce, notably flour milling, sugar refining, and wine making, but furniture, agricultural machinery, and fur clothing also are made. Bălți has a teacher-training institute and a medical school. Pop. (2004) 122,669; (2014 est.) 149,000.

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