Timișoara
Timişoara is a city in the Banat area. It is found in the western part of Romania. It is the capital of Timiş County. About 332,000 people live in Timişoara.
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Coordinates: Coordinates: 45°45′35″N 21°13′48″E / 45.75972°N 21.23000°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Timiş County |
Status | County Capital |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2024) | Dominic Fritz[1] (USR PLUS) |
Area | |
• City | 1,305 km2 (504 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2.43919 km2 (0.94178 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• City | 331,927 |
• Density | 2,379/km2 (6,160/sq mi) |
• Metro | 468,162 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | http://www.primariatm.ro/ |
Sister cities
The following are the sister cities of Timişoara:
Timișoara Media
The Theresia Bastion served as a defensive wall of the Timișoara Fortress.
Timișoara in 1656, a map by Nicolas Sanson. Note the crescent moons on towers characteristic of cities during the Ottoman era.
Battle of Temesvár (1849) at the end of a 107-day siege
A Hungarian-language map of late-19th century Timișoara with the four historical districts: Cetate (Belváros), Fabric (Gyárkülváros), Elisabetin (Majorkülváros) and Iosefin (Józsefkülváros)
King Ferdinand Boulevard (now Victory Square) in 1926
Protesters on Emanoil Ungureanu Street during the 1989 Revolution
Green Forest and Dumbrăvița Lake
Bega Canal seen from the Trajan Bridge
References
- ↑ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
Other websites
Media related to Timișoara at Wikimedia Commons