Sector 5 ( ro, Sectorul 5) 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 ...
.
Quarters
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13 Septembrie
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Cotroceni
Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in western Bucharest, Romania located around the Cotroceni hill, in Bucharest's Sector 5.
The nearest Metro stations are Eroilor, Academia Militară, and Politehnica.
History
The Hill of Cotroceni was once covered ...
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Ferentari
Ferentari is a neighbourhood located in the 5th Sector of Bucharest, Romania.
Etymology
The word "Ferentari" comes from the Latin word "Ferentarius" meaning "soldier in the old pedestrian army".
Area
It is located in the South-South-West of B ...
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Ghencea
Ghencea is a district of the Romanian capital city Bucharest, in Sector 5 (Bucharest), Sector 5. It is home to the famous sports club CSA Steaua București. Nearby districts are Drumul Taberei and Rahova.
History
Construction of apartment blocks s ...
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Giurgiului
Giurgiului () is a neighborhood in the southern part of the Romanian capital Bucharest, in Sector 5, near Berceni and Ferentari. Like Berceni, Giurgiului has plenty of 10-storey blocks of flats that were built under Communist rule, starting ...
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Odăi
Odăi is a district in the Southwest side 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 to the north, Hunga ...
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Rahova
Politics
From 2020 until May 2022, the mayor of the sector was
Cristian Popescu Piedone, a member of the
Social Liberal Humanist Party
The Social Liberal Humanist Party ( ro, Partidul Umanist Social Liberal, PUSL), formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) ( ro, Partidul Puterii Umaniste (social-liberal), PPU-SL) is a centrist to centre-left political party in Romania. It ...
(PUSL) and former mayor of
Sector 4. He was elected in
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
for a four-year term, defeating incumbent
Daniel Florea Daniel Florea may refer to:
* Daniel Florea (politician)
*Daniel Florea (footballer, born 1975)
Daniel Florea (born 18 December 1975 in Vaslui) is a Romanian football coach and former player.
International career
Daniel Florea played 3 match ...
, who had been mayor since 2016.
In May 2022, vice-mayor Mircea Nicolaidis took over as interim mayor of Sector 5.
The Local Council of Sector 5 has 27 seats, with the following party composition (as of 2020):
References
External links
{{Geography of Bucharest
Sectors of Bucharest