Bucharest

Bucharest (, ) 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 , 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).Bucharest, the small Paris of the East , on the Museums from Romania web site. 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.Bucica, 2000, p.6.

According tae 2011 census, 1,883,425 indwallers live within the ceety leemits, a decrease frae the figure recordit at the 2002 census. The urban aurie extends beyond the leemits o Bucharest proper an haes a population o 1.93 million fowk. Addin the satellite touns aroond the urban aurie, the proponed metropolitan aurie o Bucharest would hae a population o 2.27 million fowk. Accordin tae Eurostat, Bucharest haes a Lairger Urban Zone o 2,151,880 residents. Accordin tae unoffeecial data, the population is mair nor 3 million. 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 RomaniePriceWaterhouseCoopers Global Regional Attractiveness Report Romania  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.

 Etymology 
The name o Bucur haes an uncertain oreegin: tradition connects the foondin o Bucharest wi the name o Bucur who wis either a prince, an ootlaw, a fisherman, a shepherd, or a hunter, accordin tae different legends.
In Romanian the wird stem bucur means 'glad', 'joy'.

The offeecial ceety name in full is The Municipality o Bucharest ().

A native or resident o Bucharest is cried Bucharester ().

The name is relatit wi Romanian bucurie ("joy"), haein a cognate in Albanian, bukur ("bonnie")  an aa Bukuresht ( It's bonnie ).

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns—Sister ceeties 
The twin touns an sister cities o Bucharest are leetit ablo:
 Tirana, Albanie (2007)
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002)Wikisource.org 
 São Paulo, Brazil (2000)Lei Municipal de São Paulo 14471 de 2007  WikiSource 
 Montreal, Canadae
 Beijing, China (2005)
 Nicosia, Cyprus (2004)
 Athens, Greece (1993) Budapest, Hungary (1991)
 Amman, Jordan (1999)
 Chișinău, Moldova
 Manila, Philippines
 Ankara, Turkey (1998)
 Istanbul, Turkey (2006)
 Atlanta, Unitit States (1994)

 References 


Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:Ceeties o Romanie served bi tramway seestems
Category:Ceeties in Romanie
Category:Coonties o Romanie