บูคาเรสต์

Also known as Little Paris, Paris of the East, București, Bucureşti, Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest ( ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.71 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.31 million residents, which makes Bucharest the 9th most-populous city by population within city limits in the European Union. The city has an area of , while the metropolitan area covers . The city proper is administratively known as the "Municipality of Bucharest" (), and has the same administrative level as that of a national county, being further subdivided in