Man, I'm not saying my sources are perfectly accurate, neither yours. I'm saying just that the Romanian census of 2002 is not very accurate and a sure and reliable source. I mean, the population of the cities is too low in comparision with estimation provided 2 years from that time, in 2002. There's no way that the population of Braşov or Constanţa for example drop in space of 2-3 years about 50-60 000.Come on, neither in Ukraine, were the population's declining rate is much over Romania's cities population don't discrease like that. Iasi could have 340 000 inhabitants, because I'm sure that its population was undercounted in the 2002 census. Arthur 10 June 2006