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Botoșani Municipality has been legally registered as a territorial administrative unit in accordance with the Law no. 2 of 1968 on the administration of the territory of the Socialist Republic of Romania. According to the above Law, a territorial administrative unit is a legal person governed by public law acting in full legal capacity, and directly managing its own assets, as well as many banking accounts as necessary. In addition, the Law states the terms and conditions for the local autonomy within the territorial administrative units. The local autonomy is put into practice by the Local Councils in rural communes, towns, and cities acting on capacity of deliberative authorities, and then, by Mayors, acting on capacity of executive authorities. To date, Botosani Municipality has 250 permanent employees. According to the 2011 census, Botoșani has a population of 106,847 inhabitants.

More than 7000 trade companies, family businesses, authorized natural persons, etc. operate in Botoșani municipality, accounting for over 70% of the county's GDP. Of these, 2,800 are trade companies (70% of all existing at the county level), averaging 26 companies per 1,000 inhabitants.

Notable is the high share of the SME sector in Botoșani (99.3% of all companies), which makes it the city's development engine. The main sectors of activity are trade (wholesale or retail), professional and administrative services, manufacturing, construction, transport and storage and financial intermediation alongside real estate transactions.