Suczawa
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| County capital | ||
       
Left to right: the Administrative Palace, Palace of Justice, Bukovina History Museum, Burdujeni Train Station, The Medieval Seat Fortress, St. John the New Monastery, St. Apostles Church in Iţcani, St. John of Nepomuk Church
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 Location of Suceava |
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| 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 | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Suceava County | |
| Status | County capital | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ion Lungu (National Liberal Party) | |
| 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 historical region of Bukovina, 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 Old German the city was known as Sedschopff, in modern German sources it can be found under such variations as Sotschen,Sutschawa or Suczawa, in Hungarian as Szucsáva (pronounced [ˈsutʃaːvɒ]) or Szőcsvásár, in Polish as Suczawa, in Ukrainian as Сучава (pronounced [sut͡ʃawa]), while in Yiddish as שאָץ' (pronounced [ʃɔts]).
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