Geographical situation: Bucharest is located in the southern part of the country, in the centre of the Romanian Plain, at an altitude of 70-80 m and at about 60 km from the Danube, 100 km from the Carpathians and 250 km from the Black Sea, where parallel of 44026� northern latitude meets the meridian of 260 06� eastern longitude. The capital includes six districts;
     � neighbors: it is surrounded by Ilfov county;
     � surface: 228 square km;
     � population: more than 2,000,000 inhabitants;
     � towns: BUCURESTI-capital of Romania, the first city in Romania in terms of size and importance (political, economical, banking-financial, commercial, cultural-scientific, touristic) and one of the greatest cities of the world, situated at the same altitude as Genova (Italy), Bordeaux (France), Minneapolis (USA), surrounded by a chain of lakes, adorned with willow and lime trees, guarded by poplars, old citadel of the country;
     � relief: it is a plain fragmented by valleys, with local terraces covered with loess. The structure decreases slowly from north-west and south-east, the average altitude being of 60 m. The city is cut by rivers (not deep ones-Dambovita and Colentina), with wide and young meadows, where there laid the famous woods of Vlasia, with natural resources;
     � climate: it is continental moderate, with excessive influences, the average annual temperature being of 10-11şC. The dominant winds blow from east and west in the southern part of the capital and from north and north-east in the north of Bucharest. Sometimes, summers are very hot, with temperatures of 35-40şC, although the average temperature in July doesn't go beyond 23şC; winters are cold with abundant snows, blizzards and an average temperatue in January getting down to -3şC;
     � watercourses: the Dambovita river (on a distance of 24 km) and its tributary, Colentina (which crosses the northern part of the city on a distance of 33 km, winding river), which have parallel courses from north-west to south-east. A lot of pictoresque lakes have been formed, points of attraction and leisure, mostly of them arranged: Baneasa, Herastrau, Floreasca, Tei, Chitila, Mogosoaia, Fundeni, Pantelimon

Bucharest Pictures Gallery

Take a virtual tour of Bucharest thru our Pictures of Bucharest gallery

New years party in Bucharest, 2004-2005

Arhitecture of buildings in Bucharest

Pictures of churches in Bucharest

Pictures of night life in Bucharest

Bucharest subway and Bucharest at night

Pictures courtesy of Cristian Francu