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Bucharest (UK: / ˌ b uː k ə ˈ r ɛ s t / ⓘ BOO-kə-REST, US: / ˈ b uː k ə r ɛ s t /-rest; Romanian: București [bukuˈreʃtʲ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Romania.The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania.
Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă București) (IATA: OTP, ICAO: LROP) is Romania's busiest international airport, located in Otopeni, 16.5 km (10.3 mi) north of Bucharest's city centre. [1]
The Bucharest Metro (Romanian: Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania.It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. [5]
In 1865, the Romanian General Staff (inspired by the French system) created the 2nd Section (Secția a II-a) to gather and analyze military intelligence. [2] This marked a growing interest in centralising intelligence efforts spurring the creation of the General Safety Bureau in 1892 within the Ministry of the Interior with responsibilities pertaining to the safety of the state.
Societatea de Transport București (STB; English: Bucharest Transport Company) is the main public transit operator in Bucharest, Romania, owned by the Municipality of Bucharest.
Bucharest has a fairly extensive metro system consisting of five lines (M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5) ran by Metrorex.In total, the network is 80.1 km (49.8 mi) long and has 64 stations, [1] with 1.5 km (0.9 mi) average distance between stops.
The București – Ilfov development region (pronunciation: [b u k u ˈ r e ʃ tʲ ˈ i l f o v]) is a development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County.
The University of Bucharest (UB) (Romanian: Universitatea din București) is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania.It was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 (160 years ago) () by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities.