The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of

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) is divided into 6 administrative units, named sectors (''sectoare'' in Romanian), each of which has its own mayor and council, and has responsibility over local affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools and the cleaning services. Each of the 6 sectors contains a number of informal districts (''cartiere'') which have no administrative function: * Sector 1: Dorobanți, Băneasa, Aviației, Pipera, , Primăverii, Romană, Victoriei, Herăstrău, Bucureștii Noi,

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, Străulești, Chitila, Grivița, , , , and a small part of Giulești – the part with Giulești Stadium * Sector 2: Pantelimon, Colentina, Iancului, Tei, Floreasca, Moșilor, Obor, , Fundeni, * Sector 3: Vitan, Dudești, Titan, Centrul Civic, Balta Albă, Dristor,

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, , * Sector 4: Berceni, Olteniței, Văcărești, , Tineretului, Progresul * Sector 5: Rahova, Ferentari, Giurgiului, Cotroceni, 13 Septembrie, Dealul Spirii,

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* Sector 6: Giulești, Crângași, Drumul Taberei, Militari, Regie (also known as Grozăvești), Ghencea

History

Initially, Bucharest was divided into '' plăși''. In 1798, there were five of these: Târgul, Podul Mogoșoaiei, Târgul de afară, Broștenii and Gorganul. During the Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812), these were given the names of colors (Roșu - Red; Galben - Yellow; Negru - Black; Albastru - Blue and Verde - Green) and called ''culori'' ("colors"). Roșu, the smallest, composed of the commercial center and a narrow strip on the right bank of the Dâmbovița River, was disbanded at the beginning of the 20th century, its territory divided among the other four. After

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, each of the four ''culori'', also called ''sectoare'' by this time, was given its own mayor and council. At the beginning of Ion Antonescu's regime, the ''culori'' were briefly abolished but restored several months later."Împărțirea administrativă a Bucureștiului - scurt istoric"
Agerpres, June 9, 2011 In 1950, soon after the onset of the Communist regime, the ''culori'' were abolished and replaced by eight ''

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s'', each with its own local administration: #I.V. Stalin (later 30 Decembrie) #1 Mai #23 August #Tudor Vladimirescu #Nicolae Bălcescu #V.I. Lenin #Gh. Gheorghiu Dej (later 16 Februarie) #Grivița Roșie In 1968, the ''raions'' became sectors, their names replaced by cardinal numbers. In 1979, Sector 8 was merged into Sector 1 and Sector 2 into Sector 3, yielding the present six sectors.

List of sectors by area

List of sectors by population

List of sectors by population density

Notes

References

Statistics and Demographics relating to Bucharest Sectors
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