Sector 3 ( ro, Sectorul 3) is an
administrative unit
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
. It is the
most populous,
most densely populated and also the
third-largest division of the city. Actually, at its total population of over 460 thousand, it is the second-most populated administrative area of Romania, only after the capital city.
It is also the most important of all six sectors of Bucharest, as it includes the
Downtown Bucharest, the
Kilometre Zero and other significant landmarks. It is bordered by
Sector 2
Sector 2 ( ro, Sectorul 2) is an administrative unit of Bucharest.
Demographics
Sector 2 is the city's most multicultural sector. In particular, it contains Romania's largest community of Chinese people, who mainly live in the districts of C ...
to the North,
Ilfov County
Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs ...
to the East,
Sector 4 to the South,
Sector 5 to the Southwest, and
Sector 1 to the Northwest.
The largest and most populous district of Sector 3 is
Titan
Titan most often refers to:
* Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn
* Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology
Titan or Titans may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
Fictional locations
* Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
.
Lipscani
Lipscani is a street and a district of Bucharest, Romania, which from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century was the most important commercial area of the city and Wallachia. It is located near the ruins of the old Princely Court built by Vl ...
, colloquially known as ''oldtown'' is the center of the
nightlife
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in
Bucharest
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, and also the biggest attraction for foreign tourists. Also notable, the
Bucharest Mall
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is located inside the
Vitan district of Sector 3. Two of the sector's districts have been described as the most pleasant by Bucharest citizens.
Districts
*
Downtown
*
Old City
*
Dristor
Dristor is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of Bucharest, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine t ...
*
Dudești
*
Văcărești
*
Titan
Titan most often refers to:
* Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn
* Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology
Titan or Titans may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
Fictional locations
* Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
*
Vitan
Transportation
Sector 3, being the largest division of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
is served by the largest part of
its public transport company. The sector is served by over 50
bus lines and 14
trolleybus lines. The sector is also served by a wide
light rail system.
Trolleybus routes 70 and 92 as well as
tram routes
40 and 56 are the only routes operating exclusively inside the sector.
The sector is also served by the
Bucharest Metro
The Bucharest Metro ( ro, Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. The network is run by Metrorex. One of two parts of the large ...
. A total of
13 stations are placed within its districts. The oldest and busiest station of the system is
Union Square
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''U ...
, while the newest one is
Policolor. Other major underground hubs located in Sector 3 include
Dristor
Dristor is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of Bucharest, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine t ...
,
Titan
Titan most often refers to:
* Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn
* Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology
Titan or Titans may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
Fictional locations
* Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
and
University.
The Sun Motorway which links the city to
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
also starts from this sector. There is also a
CFR train station located in the sector, the
commuter station
Titan Sud.
Education
The sector is home to more than fifty kindergartens, school and public high schools as well as the Hyperion Private University. The most prestigious high schools in the sector are the
Matei Basarab National College, situated in
Downtown Bucharest and the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Theoretical High School, situated in
Titan
Titan most often refers to:
* Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn
* Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology
Titan or Titans may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
Fictional locations
* Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
.
Politics
Robert Negoiță
Robert Sorin Negoiță (born 29 March 1972) is a Romanian politician and businessman. Placed on one of the top spots of ''Capital'' magazine's richest Romanians list, he is currently the mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3.
Life and career
Family ...
, a former member of the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
(PSD) until 2020 has been the sector's mayor since 2012. He is currently serving his third term, having been re-elected in
2016
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and
2020
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. The Local Council of Sector 3 has 31 seats, with the following party composition (as of 2020):
Demographics
With a population of 393,226 people based on a July 2005 estimate, Sector 3 is the most populous sector in Bucharest. According to the 2002 census, 97.29% of the sector's population is
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
, while 1.31% are
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
, 0.29% are
Hungarian, and 0.15% are
Turkish. In terms of gender, 53.6% of the population is female, while 46.4% is male.
See also
*
Apartment Building 63
References
External links
List of local councillors for Sector 3(Microsoft Word document)
{{Geography of Bucharest
Sectors of Bucharest