Simplify the following text for a Grade 3 native English-speaking person.
Original: According to the last Romanian census , from 2002 , there were 284,596 people living within the city of BraÅ ov , making it the 8th most populated city in Romania .
Simplified: About 284,600 people were living in BraÅ ov as of the year 2002 . BraÅ ov can be found in the center of Romania .