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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 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[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)
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
References
- ↑ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
Other websites
Media related to Timișoara at Wikimedia Commons
