Bucharest (rou)

Bucharest

Bucharest ranks 53rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Naples, St. Louis, and Cairo. Memorable people born in Bucharest include Mircea Eliade, Mircea Lucescu, and Basarab I of Wallachia. Memorable people who died in Bucharest include Vlad the Impaler, Kwame Nkrumah, and Ion Iliescu. Bucharest has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Bucharest is located in Romania.

Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.71 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.31 million residents, which makes Bucharest the 8th most-populous city by population within city limits in the European Union. The city area measures 240 km2 (93 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 1,811 km2 (699 sq mi). The city proper is administratively known as the "Municipality of Bucharest", and has the same administrative level as that of a national county, being further subdivided into six sectors, each governed by a local mayor. Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country's seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region. Read more on Wikipedia