About Beltsi
Beltsy is a city in Bessarabia, Moldova, known in Romanian as Balti. The city was in Romania from 1918 - 40 and from 1941 - 44. Beltsy, dating from the 15th century, is a major railway junction and the centre of the rich agricultural Balti 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. Beltsy has a teacher-training institute and a medical school. Population. (1991 est.) 164,900
