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Timişoara
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Timişoara Location of Timişoara
Coordinates: 45°45′35″N 21°13′48″E / 45.75972°N 21.23°E / 45.75972; 21.23
Country	Romania
County	Timiş County
Status	County Capital
Government
- Mayor	Gheorghe Ciuhandu (Christian-Democratic People's Party)
Area
- City	130.5 km2 (50.4 sq mi)
- Metro	1,070.4 km2 (413.3 sq mi)
Population (est. January 1, 2009[1])
- City	311,586
- Density	2,379/km2 (6,161.6/sq mi)
- Metro	359,132
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primariatm.ro/

Timişoara (Romanian pronunciation: [timiˈʃo̯ara]  ( listen); German: Temeschburg, also Temeswar or Temeschwar, Serbian: Темишвар, Temišvar, Hungarian: Temesvár, Bulgarian: Тимишоара, Turkish: Tamışvar or Temeşvar, Croatian: Temišvar), also known as "The City of Athletes", is a city in the Banat region of western Romania. It is the capital of Timiş County.

With 311,586 inhabitants (2009)^[1], Timişoara, the second largest Romanian city, is the main economic and cultural center in Banat in the west of the country.

The entire city center consists of buildings built in the Kaiser era.

Timişoara is a university center with the emphasis on subjects like medicine, mechanics and electro-technology. It is industrialized. It was the first mainland European city to be lit by electric street lamps in 1884.^{[citation needed]} It was also the second European and the first city in what is now Romania with horse drawn trams in 1867.^{[citation needed]} There are numerous claims that Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built one of Timişoara's footbridges over the Bega.^{[citation needed]}

The old city consists of several historic areas. These are: Cetate (Belváros in Hungarian, Innere Stadt in German), Iosefin (Józsefváros, Josephstadt), Elisabetin (Erzsébetváros, Elisabethstadt), Fabric (Gyárváros, Fabrikstadt). Numerous bars, clubs and restaurants have opened in the old center in the fine old Baroque square.

[edit] Demographics

Timişoara has a population of 311,586 (2009)^[1], the third largest in Romania. 14.2% of the population are under 15 years of age, 4.0% are over 75.

[edit] Economy

Iulius Mall with its 210 shops is one of the largest shopping centres in Romania^[2]

Timişoara has been a strong economic center since the 18th century when the Habsburg administration was installed. Due to the Austrian colonization, the ethnic and religious diversity and the innovation of laws, the economy began to develop. The technicians and craftsmen that settled in the city established guilds and helped develop the city’s economy.^{[citation needed]}

During the Industrial Revolution most of the modern innovations were introduced. It was the first city with streets illuminated in the monarchy, and the first city of mainland Europe illuminated by electric light. In this period the Bega river was channelled - Bega canal. It was the first navigable canal in the recent Romanian territory. In this way the city had contact with Europe, and even with the world through the Black Sea. This led to the evolution of commercialism.^{[citation needed]}

In the 19th century the railway system of the Hungarian Kingdom reached Timişoara. It was the first city in the country with international routes.^{[citation needed]}

Timişoara has had an economic boom as the number of foreign investments, especially in high-tech sectors, has risen.^{[citation needed]} It is considered^[who?] the second most prosperous city in Romania (following Bucharest).^{[citation needed]} In an article in late 2005, French magazine L'Expansion called Timişoara Romania's economic showcase,^[3] and referred to the increased number of foreign investments as a "second revolution".

Apart from the several local investments, there have been investments from the European Union, particularly from Germany and Italy. Continental AG has produced tires here for several years. The company Linde produces technical gases, and a part of the wiring moulds for BMW and Audi vehicles are produced by the company Dräxlmaier Group.

Swiss company Nestlé produces waffles here.

The US company Flextronics maintains a workplace in the west of the city for the production of mobile telephony and government inspection department devices. The American company Procter & Gamble manufactures washing and cleaning agents in Timişoara. Smithfield Foods - the world's largest pork processor and hog producer - has two subsidiaries in Timişoara and Timiş County: Smithfield Ferme and Smithfield Prod.

A city bus in Timişoara, running on route 33.

One of the trams in Timişoara

[edit] Transport

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Timişoara's public transport network consists of 10 tram lines, 8 trolleybus lines and 20 bus lines, of which 5 are metropolitan lines and 6 are express lines. It is operated by Regia Autonomă de Transport Timişoara (RATT) [1], an autonomous corporation of the City Hall. The city is served by Romania's second busiest airport, Traian Vuia International Airport, which is the hub of the Romania's second-largest airline, Carpatair. The city is connected to a series of major European and domestic destinations. Timişoara is a major railway centre and is connected to all other major Romanian cities, as well as local destinations, through the national Căile Ferate Române network.

[edit] Neighborhoods

[edit] Main sights

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• Timişoara Orthodox Cathedral
• Timişoara State Theater
• The Roman Catholic Cathedral (The Dome)
• Millennium Church
• Huniade Castle

[edit] Education

"Politehnica" University's main building, the "Lloyd Palace", situated in Victoria square

High Schools

High schools include:

• Colegiul Bănăţean^[4]
• Jean Louis Calderon High School^[5]
• Grigore Moisil High School^[6]
• C.D. Loga High School^[7]
• Nikolaus Lenau High School^[8]
• Bartók Béla High School^[9]
• Dositej Obradović High School
• Colegiul Naţional Ana Aslan High School
• Ion Vidu High School
• William Shakespeare High School
• Carmen Sylva High School

Universities

Universities include:

• The West University of Timişoara^[10]
• Polytechnic University of Timişoara^[11]
• Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara^[12]
• The Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences in Timişoara^[13]
• The Dimitrie Cantemir University of Timişoara^[14]
• The Tibiscus University of Timişoara^[15]

[edit] Performing arts

• Timişoara Banatul Philharmonic (Filarmonica Banatul Timoșoara)
• Romanian Opera House (Opera Romana Timoșoara)
• National Theatre (Teatrul Naţional)
• German State Theatre (Teatrul German de Stat)
• Hungarian State Theatre (Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Csiky Gergely)
• Puppet Theatre (Teatrul pentru copii si tineret Merlin)

[edit] Sport

Football:

• FC Politehnica Timişoara - historic 2 cups
• FC Timişoara
• UM Timişoara
• CFR Timişoara
• Chinezul Timişoara - historic 6 titles
• Ripensia Timişoara - historic 4 titles

Basketball:

• Elba Timişoara

Handball:

• Politehnica-Izometal Timişoara

[edit] International relations

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Timişoara is twinned with:

[edit] Famous natives

See also the related Category:People from Timişoara.

• Titu Andreescu (1956- ) Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Dallas
• Mircea Baniciu (1949- ), Romanian rock singer
• Iolanda Balaş (1936- ), Romanian athlete, Olympic champion
• Gertrude Baumstark, chess player (ro)
• Ana Blandiana (1942- ), Romanian poet
• Felix Bodrossy (1920-1983), Hungarian cinema cameraman and director
• J. Edward Bromberg (Joseph Bromberger), (1903-1951) US actor
• Mircea Ciugudean (1940- ) founder and first dean of Electronics and Telecommunications at The "Politehnica" University of Timişoara
• Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (1951- ), Romanian writer and musicologist
• Cosmin Contra (1975- ) Romanian football player
• Virgil Cosma ( ) Romanian musicologist
• Nicu Covaci (1947- ), Romanian rock musician and painter, founder of Phoenix rock band
• Robert Dornhelm (1947- ), US-Austrian cinema director
• Ezra Fleischer (1928-2006), Israeli Hebrew poet and literary historian
• André François (1915-2005), Hungarian-French illustrator and cartoonist
• Peter George Oliver Freund (1936), US physicist
• Michael Harish (1936- ), Israeli politician, minister of trade and industry
• Arnold Hauser (1892-1978), British-Hungarian historian and sociologist of arts
• Ioan Holender (1935- ), Romanian-Austrian baritone and manager, director of the Opera of Vienna
• Hugo Jan Huss (1934-2006), Romanian-American conductor
• Ion Ivanovici (1845-1902), Romanian conductor and composer, author of the waltz "The Waves of the Danube"
• Zita Johann (1904-1993), Hungarian actress, best known for her role in the Hollywood film, The Mummy.
• Károly Kerényi (1897-1973), Hungarian-Swiss philologist and historian of religion
• György Klapka (1820-1892), Hungarian general, hero of the 1848 Revolution
• Sandra Romain (1978), Romanian pornstar
• Frederic Klein, Romanian entomologist
• Hermann Kövess (1854-1924) Final Commander-in-Chief of Austria-Hungary's army
• Károly Kós (1883-1977), Hungarian-Romanian architect, author and politician
• Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár (1430-1504), Hungarian Catholic philosopher and preacher
• Eva Lonn (1956- ), Canadian Cardiologist and researcher
• George Lusztig (1946- ), American mathematician
• Margarete Matzenauer, (1881 - 1963) US opera singer, mezzosoprano and dramatic soprano
• József Méliusz (Nelovankovic) (1909-1995), Hungarian writer
• Alexandru Moisuc (*1942), Romanian agroscientist
• Herta Müller (1953- ), German novelist, 2009 Nobel Prize winner for literature
• Miss Platnum (1980- ), singer
• Reuven Ramaty (1937-2001), Israeli-US astrophysicist
• Cornel Trăilescu (1926- ), Romanian composer and conductor
• Francesco Illy (1892-1956), Hungarian-Italian inventor of illycaffè
• Timotei Ursu (1939- ), Romanian cinema and TV programs director and author
• Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), US Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan
• Myriam Yardeni (1932-) Israeli historian
• Edina Gallovits (1984-) Hungarian-Romanian professional tennis player
• János Székely (1983-) Hungarian-Romanian footballer

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Timişoara

• Timişoara metropolitan area
• History of Timişoara

[edit] Gallery

Bega Canal	Unirii Square	Orthodox Cathedral	Orthodox Cathedral (other view)
Victoriei Square	King Carol I Street	Baroque Palace, Art Museum	Catholic Cathedral
Unirii Square	Unirii Square (summer)	Catholic Cathedral (other view)	Unirii Square and the Statue
Serbian Cathedral	Pub in Unirii Square	Lenau School in Unirii Square	BT Café
Libertăţii Square	Floral Clock	Park near the Floral Clock	Catholic Church
National Bank of Romania (BNR)	National Bank of Romania (BNR) (at night)	Iulius Mall at Christmas	Traian Square
Millennium Cathedral	Millennium Cathedral (other view)	Rozelor Park	Court of Law
Cardinal Points	Dan Păltinişanu Stadium	Timişoara County Hospital	Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Bega Canal	Alpinet Park	Orthodox Cathedral

[edit] References/Notes

[edit] External links

• Pensiuni Timisoara
• People from Timisoara
• An introduction to Timisoara by Prof. Harry W. Morgan
• Timisoara's home page, the oldest Romanian page on the net
• City of Timisoara Homepage
• Timisoara Tourism
• Tourist Bureau of Romania
• Updated map of Timisoara
• Timisoara's interactive map and many photos from Timisoara city
• Satellite image from Google Maps
• "Traian Vuia" Int'l Airport (in Romanian, English)
• Pictures from old Timișoara

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