Local time
Thu, 5:51 PM GMT+2Europe/BucharestCityCapital
Bucharest
44.44° N, 26.10° E
- Population
- 1,942,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 41
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 41 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.
- Founded
- 1459
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 70 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 226 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Europe/Bucharest
Traveler brief
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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
