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Bucharest
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Bucharest

Capital and largest city of Romania

Citymunicipality of Romaniafirst-level administrative divisionbig cityQ19660

Also known as Little Paris · Paris of the East · București · Bucureşti · Bucuresti · Bucharest, Romania

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 226 km²
Elevation
  • 70 m
Head of government
Founded
  • 1459
Postal code

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

315 statements · 11% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Twinned administrative body
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Awards
Enclave within
Contains settlement
Shares border with
Capital of
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Nickname
  • Micul Paris
  • Paris of the Balkans
Located in or next to body of water
Permanent duplicated item
Native label
Official name
  • București
Legislative body
Demonym
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Category for people buried here
Vehicle registration plate code
  • B
Continent
Owner of
Office held by the head of government
Geoshape
  • Data:Romania/Bucharest.map
Coat of arms
Economy of topic
Category for honorary citizens of entity
Related category
Urban population
  • 2,412,530(2015)
Present in work
Population by native language
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Different from

On other databases

101 identifiers linking Bucharest across the web's reference databases