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Start point in getting to know Bucharest
- the capital of Romania
- situated in the south of Romania, 64 km north from the Danube, 100 km south from the Oriental Carpathians and 250 km west from the Black Sea
- the area: 228 sqkm
- it incorporates 6 districts
- 1.927.559 inhabitants (Source INSSE 01.07.2004)
- Bucharest is mentioned for the first time in 1401 in the muniments of voivode Mircea the Elder
- in 1459 Vlad Tepes raised "Cetatea Bucurestilor" ("Bucharest's Fortress"), as fortified point
- the town was princely residence during Radu cel Frumos (Radu the Handsome's) time
- in 1554 the Turks devastated it, being rebuilt during the reign of Patrascu cel Bun (Patrascu the Good)
- in 1659 it becomes the capital of Wallachia
- the year 1859, the year of the Union of the Principalities, makes Bucharest the capital of the United Principalities
- the main river that crosses Bucharest is the Dâmboviţa river
- the river was supplied with sewerage system in more stages: 1865, and the last in 1985-1987
- there are a lot of lakes in the city, often surrounded by parks: Floreasca, Tei, Colentina, Cismigiu, Lacul Morii, Titan, Drumul Taberei, etc.
- it is the biggest city and the most important political, administrative, economic, university, cultural and touristic center
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