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Bucharest Bucureşti | |
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Municipality | |
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| Eik-name(s): Paris o the East, Little Paris[1] | |
  Bucharest Location in Romanie | |
| Coordinates: 44°25′57″N 26°6′14″E / 44.43250°N 26.10389°ECoordinates: 44°25′57″N 26°6′14″E / 44.43250°N 26.10389°E | |
| Kintra | Romanie |
| Coonty | Nane1 |
| First attestit | 1459 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Sorin Oprescu (Independent) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 228 km2 (88 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 285 km2 (110 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55.8–91.5 m (183.1–300.2 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 1,677,985 |
| • Rank | 1st in Romanie |
| • Density | 8518.6/km2 (22,063/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,930,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 0xxxxx |
| Area code(s) | +40 x1 |
| Caur plate | B |
| Website | Offeecial steid |
| 1Romanie law stipulates that Bucharest haes a special admeenistrative status which is equal tae that o a coonty. | |
Bucharest (Romanie: București, [bukuˈreʃtʲ] (
listen)) is the caipital ceety, cultural, industrial, an financial centre o Romanie. It is the lairgest ceety in Romanie, locatit in the sootheast o the kintra, at 44°25′57″N 26°06′14″E / 44.43250°N 26.10389°E, an lies on the banks o the Dâmbovița River.
Bucharest wis first mentioned in documents as early as 1459. Syne then it haes gane through a variety o chynges, becomin the state caipital o Romanie in 1862 an steadily consolidatin its position as the centre o the Romanian mass media, cultur an airts. Its eclectic architectur is a mix o historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus an Art Deco), Communist-era an modren. In the period atween the twa Warld Wars, the ceety's elegant airchitectur an the sophistication o its elite earned Bucharest the nickname o the "Little Paris o the East" (Micul Paris).[6] Although mony biggins an destricts in the historic centre wur damaged or destroyed bi war, earthquakes an Nicolae Ceaușescu's program o seestematization, mony survived. In recent years, the ceety haes been experiencin an economic an cultural boom.[7]
According tae 2011 census, 1,883,425 indwallers live within the ceety leemits,[4] a decrease frae the figure recordit at the 2002 census.[2] The urban aurie extends beyond the leemits o Bucharest proper an haes a population o 1.93 million fowk.[3][8] Addin the satellite touns aroond the urban aurie, the proponed metropolitan aurie o Bucharest would hae a population o 2.27 million fowk.[9] Accordin tae Eurostat, Bucharest haes a Lairger Urban Zone o 2,151,880 residents.[5] Accordin tae unoffeecial data, the population is mair nor 3 million.[10] Bucharest is the 6t lairgest ceety in the European Union bi population within ceety leemits, efter Lunnon, Berlin, Madrid, Roum, an Paris.
Economically, Bucharest is the maist prosperous ceety in Romanie[11] an is ane o the main industrial centres an transportation hubs o Eastren Europe. The ceety haes a broad range o convention facilities, educational facilities, cultural venues, shoppin arcades an recreational auries.
The ceety proper is admeenistratively kent as the Municipality o Bucharest (Municipiul București), an haes the same admrrnistrative level as a coonty, being further subdividit intae sax sectors.
- ↑ "Paris of the east". The Irish Times. 5 Mey 2009. Archived frae the original on 4 Juin 2012. Retrieved 14 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ a b INS. "Romanian Statistical Yearbook" (PDF) (in Inglis). Retrieved 12 Februar 2009.
- ↑ a b "Demographia World Urban Areas & Population Projections" (PDF). Retrieved 14 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ a b "Official data for 2011 census" (in Romanian). INSSE. 4 Julie 2013. Archived frae the original on 6 Julie 2013. Retrieved 4 Julie 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ a b "Urban Audit: Bucharest Profile". Archived frae the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 14 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ Bucharest, the small Paris of the East Archived 2006-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, on the Museums from Romania web site.
- ↑ Bucica, 2000, p.6.
- ↑ XIX Meeting of METREX Network, Nürnberg, 15–18 June 2005. ""Bucharest: Few expectations for urban development", page 29" (PDF) (in Inglis). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 26 Februar 2008. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2007.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
- ↑ "Adevarul: The BMZ in numbers". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ↑ "EVZ". Archived frae the original on 21 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 1 Juin 2009.
- ↑ PriceWaterhouseCoopers Global Regional Attractiveness Report Romania Archived 2006-03-13 at the Wayback Machine