Timișoara

	Coat of arms
	Location of Timişoara
	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 (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/

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.

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.
Siege of 1716
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)
Romanian troops entering Timișoara on 3 August 1919
King Ferdinand Boulevard (now Victory Square) in 1926
A B-24 Gol'Walloper dropping bombs over Timișoara on 3 July 1944
Protesters on Emanoil Ungureanu Street during the 1989 Revolution
Green Forest and Dumbrăvița Lake, 2012