Bucharest
Bucharest (Romanian: Bucure?ti) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania, located in the southeast of the country, on the Dāmbovi?a river. The city proper has a population of 2,082,000 inhabitants, together with the metropolitan area comprising approximately 2.3 million people.
Related Topics:
Romanian - Romania - Dāmbovi?a river
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| ► | Geography |
| ► | Divisions |
| ► | History |
| ► | Population |
| ► | Economy |
| ► | Transport |
| ► | Sights & landmarks |
| ► | Clubs |
| ► | Shopping |
| ► | Education |
| ► | Sports Teams |
| ► | See also |
| ► | Portrayal in film and fiction |
| ► | External links |
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Latest news on bucharest
Jewish graves in Romania wrecked
Romanian authorities say up to 200 graves in the Jewish community's biggest cemetery in Bucharest have been vandalised.
Dictator birdhouses
Artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson of London Fieldworks built an installation of birdhouses based on the palaces of dictators like Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Nicolae Ceausescu. Seen here is the animal house embodiment of Ceausescu's Palace of Parliament in Bucharest. Creative Review has more. Despot Birdhouses...
Niculae makes return to Bucharest
Romania striker Marius Niculae leaves Inverness Caley Thistle to join Dinamo Bucharest on a four-year deal.
ROMANIA: Last Intact Forest Under Threat
BUCHAREST, Jul 8 (IPS) - Romanian environmentalists have launched a campaign to speed up creation of a national agency for protected areas (ANAP), which the government has been postponing since 2005. In the absence of a proper administrative body, valuable natural sites around the country, including the last remaining intact forest landscape in temperate Europe, are being damaged in the quest for development.
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