Local time
Sun, 5:08 AM GMT+3Europe/BucharestCityCapital
Bucharest
44.44° N, 26.10° E
- Population
- 1,942,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 39
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 39 cities of Romania in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Romania, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Europe/Bucharest
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Practical bearings for Bucharest, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Bucharest have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name is said to come from a shepherd named Bucur, reputed to have founded the town in 1457, though a settlement probably already existed on the site. It may instead come from the personal name of an early landowner.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person