Bacău Oil Basin
Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census), Bacău is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia, Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistrița River (Siret), Bistrița River (which meets the Siret River about to the south of Bacău). The Ghimeș Pass links Bacău to the region of Transylvania. Etymology The town's name, which features in Old Church Slavonic documents as ''Bako'', ''Bakova'' or ''Bakovia'', comes most probably from a personal name of Hungarian origin. Men bearing the name Bakó or Bako are documented in medieval TransylvaniaRădvan 2010, p. 456. and in 15th-century Bulgaria, but according to Victor Spinei the name itself is of Turkic languages, Turkicmost probably of Cuman language, Cuman or Pecheneg language, Pechenegorigin. Nicolae Iorga believ ...
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