Bucharest metropolitan area
| Bucharest Metropolitan Area | |
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| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Ilfov, Călărași, Ialomiţa, Dâmboviţa, Giurgiu |
| Largest city | Bucharest |
| Component localities | 40 (first stage) 62 (intermediate stage) |
| Functional | 2016-2017 |
| Area(first stage) | |
| • Total | 1,811 km2 (699 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 2,272,163 (first stage) |
| • Density | 1,254/km2 (3,250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 0 S NNNN1 |
| Area code(s) | +40 x12 |
| Website | BMA official site |
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1S is the number of the Sector, and NNNN is used to differentiate between streets and/or subzones. 2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks. |
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According to Eurostat, Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, has a larger urban zone (LUZ) of 2,183,091 residents, on an area of 662 km2.
The Bucharest Metropolitan Area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitana București) is a proposed metropolitan area project that includes Bucharest and surrounding communes. If completed, it would have a population of about 2.3 million, only slightly larger than that of the city proper (1.9 million). It would also be a member of the METREX network.
The "Metropolitan Area" project has been initiated in 2003. A survey in 2008 showed that about 70% of the population of the area favors the project. The city proper has now 228 km2, but the metropolitan zone would reach 1,800 km2 in a first phase. A possible name for it will probably be "Greater Bucharest".
In an initial stage, the zone would include Bucharest and Ilfov County. Then, there are several plans to further increase the "Metropolitan Area of Bucharest" to about 20 times the area of the city proper (from 228 km² to 5,046 km²). It would include 6 cities and 87 communes from the Ilfov, Giurgiu and Călăraşi counties, and would extend all the way towards the border with Bulgaria in the south, and towards the Prahova County in the north. In an intermediate stage, the extension of the zone would include 62 out of the proposed 93 candidate localities. In spite of this expansion, the ethnographic area of Vlașca will be protected. The "Bucharest Metropolitan Area" may become the biggest port on the Danube upon completion of the Danube-Bucharest Canal.
The enlarged "Metropolitan Area" Council will have 105 councilors, twice as many are now, and the Government will appoint a governor, a position which would be homologized to the prefect of Bucharest.
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