What is Baia Mare?
{{Infobox Settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{ROU}} | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | map_caption = Location of Baia Mare| | official_name = Baia Mare | image_skyline = | image_shield = Coa_BaiaMare_MM_RO.png | image_flag = Logo ZMBM.jpg | image_map = Baia Mare in Romania.png | subdivision_type1 = [[Counties of Romania|County]] | subdivision_name1 = Maramureş County | subdivision_type2 = [[Subdivisions of Romania|Status]] | subdivision_name2 = {{Autolink|County capital}} | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Cătălin Cherecheș | leader_party = [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] | area_total_km2 = 233.3 | elevation_m = 228 | population_as_of = 2002 | population_total = 137921 | population_blank1 = | population_blank1_title = | population_footnotes = <ref>[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|National Institute of Statistics]], [http://recensamant.referinte.transindex.ro/?pg=3&id=1622 Baia Mare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827193831/http://recensamant.referinte.transindex.ro/?pg=3&id=1622 |date=2009-08-27 }}, 2002</ref> | population_density_km2 = 641 | coordinates = {{coord|47|40||N|23|35||E||display=title}} | website = http://www.baiamarecity.ro/ }} '''Baia Mare''' is a [[municipality]] in the northwestern part of [[Romania]]. It is the seat of [[Maramureş County]]. 137,921 people were living in Baia Mare as of [[2002]]. '''Cyanide Spill of 2000''': An hour before midnight on January 30, 2000, a dam holding back water in a