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The climate of Romania is continental, transitioning into humid subtropical (locally often "warm oceanic" or "Pontic") on the eastern coast, influenced by polar intrusions, and therefore characterized by harsh winters. The mountain ranges of the Carpathian arc have a cool mountain climate with high humidity throughout the year.
The organisation was founded in late 18th century. In 1948, Romania ratified the 1947 Washington Convention, turning from a founding member to a full member of the World Meteorological Organization [1] (18 August 1948). [2] Since 2003, it is a member of EUMETSAT with a stake of 0.4456%. Today in Romania, ANM holds the monopoly for ...
A B-24 Gol'Walloper dropping bombs over Timișoara on 3 July 1944. During World War II, Timișoara suffered damage from both Allied and Axis bombing raids, especially during the second half of 1944. On 23 August 1944, Romania, which until then was a member of the Axis, declared war on Nazi Germany and joined the Allies. The German and Hungarian ...
Timiș is the largest county in Romania, occupying 8,696.7 km 2, i.e. 3.65% of the country's area. [6]: 3 It is crossed by the 46th parallel north, the 21st meridian east and the 22nd meridian east. On its territory is the westernmost point of Romania, i.e. Beba Veche, at 20°15'44", in the Triplex Confinium point. [7]
The total area on which the Timișoara metropolitan area extends is 1,079.54 km 2 – of which 129.27 km 2 represent the administrative territory of Timișoara, and 950.27 km 2 the area of influence of the city – occupying about 3.4% of the West development region and about 12.5% of Timiș County. [6]
Marcel Ciolacu, incumbent Prime Minister of Romania (2023–present), former President of the Chamber of Deputies (2019–2020), (2021–2023), former Deputy Prime Minister (2017–2018), incumbent leader of the Social Democratic Party (2019–present), and candidate for President of Romania in the annulled 2024 Romanian presidential election [22]
Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara SA, [3] commonly abbreviated STPT, is the primary public transport operator in the city of Timișoara.STPT is owned by the city and covers the entire urban public transport; it operates the tram (9 lines), the trolleybus (8 lines), the urban bus transport (9 lines + 8 express routes and 20 metropolitan routes), the waterbus public transport on the Bega ...
Timișoara Zoological Garden (Romanian: Grădina Zoologică Timișoara) was a 6.34-hectare (15.7-acre) [1] zoo in Timișoara, Romania, located in the northeastern part of the city, near the Green Forest. It was originally opened in 1986 with 30 species of animals, mostly local to Romania.