Suceava

County capital

Left to right: the Administrative Palace, Palace of Justice, Bukovina History Museum, Burdujeni Train Station, St. John the New Monastery, St. Apostles Church in Iţcani, St. John of Nepomuk Church

Coat of arms

Location of Suceava

Coordinates: 47°39′05″N 26°15′20″E / 47.65139°N 26.25556°ECoordinates: 47°39′05″N 26°15′20″E / 47.65139°N 26.25556°E

Romania

Suceava County

Government

• Mayor

Ion Lungu (Liberal Democratic Party (Romania))

Area

• Total

52.10 km² (20.12 sq mi)

Population (2011 census)

• Total

92,121

• Density

1,771/km² (4,590/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Climate

Dfb

Website

http://www.primariasv.ro/

Suceava (Romanian pronunciation: [suˈt͡ʃe̯ava]) is the largest city and the seat of Suceava County, in the Bukovina region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.

Moldavian chronicler Grigore Ureche presumed the name of the city came from the Hungarian Szűcsvár, which is combined of the words szűcs (furrier, skinner) and vár (castle). This was taken over by Dimitrie Cantemir, who in his work gave the very same explanation of the origin of the city's name, however, there are neither historical nor vernacular evidences for this. According to another theory, the city bears the name of the river with the same name, that is supposed to be of Ukrainian origin.

In German, the city is known as Sotschen, in Hungarian as Szucsáva (pronounced [ˈsutʃaːvɒ]), in Polish as Suczawa, in Ukrainian as Сучава (pronounced [sut͡ʃawa]), while in Yiddish as שאָץ' (pronounced [ʃɔts]).

For nearly 200 years the city of Suceava was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia and the main residence of the Moldavian princes (between 1388 and 1565). The city was the capital of the lands of Stephen the Great, one of the pivotal figures in Romanian history, who died in Suceava in 1504. During the rule of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, the seat was moved to Iaşi in 1565 and Suceava failed to become the capital again. Michael the Brave captured the city in 1600 during the Moldavian Magnate Wars as he became the ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania, but he was defeated the same year.

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