Galaţi (/ga'laʦʲ/, Turkish: Kalas; German: Galatz; Polish: Gałacz) is a city in eastern Romania, the capital city of Galaţi County on the banks of the Danube, very close to Brăila forming with it the Cantemir metropolitan area. In 2006, accoring to the official Romanian census, the city had a population of 295,000 people, making it Romania's 7th largest city.