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 2.33 million residents, which makes Bucharest the fifteenth-largest city in Europe. The city has an area of 239 km2, while the metropolitan area covers 1,803 km2.

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Country: Romania
Population: 1,942,000
Latitude: 44.44° N
Longitude: 26.1° E

Which way is Bucharest from…

From Paris, Bucharest lies at 96° to the east, 1,870 km as the crow flies.

Paris	96° east	1,870 km
London	102° east	2,091 km
New York	49° north-east	7,650 km
Madrid	70° east	2,472 km
Rome	71° east	1,137 km
Montreal	51° north-east	7,279 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	338° north	7,851 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Turn east to aim at Bucharest from London: 102°, 2,091 km away. From New York, a flat map would put it due east, at 87°; the compass says 49°, north-east. To place Romania’s capital, remember that it shares the latitude of Belgrade and Ottawa, and that Sofia is 297 km to the south-west.