Sectors of Bucharest
The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) is divided into 6 administrative units, named sectors (sectoare in Romanian), each of which has their 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, Aviatorilor , Primăverii, Romană, Victoriei, Herăstrău, Bucureștii Noi, Dămăroaia, Străulești, Chitila, Grivița, 1 Mai , Pajura , Domenii , and a small part of Giulești – the part with Giulești Stadium
- Fundeni, Ștefan cel Mare]
- Sector 3: Vitan, Dudești, Titan, Centrul Civic, Balta Albă, Dristor, Lipscani, Muncii , Unirii
- Sector 4: Berceni, Olteniței, Văcărești, Timpuri Noi , Tineretului, Progresul
- Sector 5: Rahova, Ferentari, Giurgiului, Cotroceni, 13 Septembrie, Dealul Spirii, Odăi
- Sector 6: Giulești, Crângași, Drumul Taberei, Militari, Regie (also known as Grozăvești), Ghencea
History
Initially, Bucharest was divided into
In 1950, soon after the onset of the Communist regime, the culori were abolished and replaced by eight raions, each with its own local administration:[2]
- 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.[1]
List of sectors by area
Rank | Sector | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|
1 | Sector 1
|
68 |
2 | Sector 6
|
38 |
3 | Sector 3 | 34 |
3 | Sector 4 | 34 |
5 | Sector 2
|
32 |
6 | Sector 5
|
30 |
List of sectors by population
Rank | Sector | Population (October 2011) |
---|---|---|
1 | Sector 3 | 385,439 |
2 | Sector 6 | 367,760 |
3 | Sector 2 | 345,370 |
4 | Sector 4 | 287,828 |
5 | Sector 5 | 271,575 |
6 | Sector 1 | 225,454 |
List of sectors by population density
Rank | Sector | Population density (inhabitants/km2) |
---|---|---|
1 | Sector 3 | 11,336 |
2 | Sector 2
|
10,793 |
3 | Sector 6
|
9,678 |
4 | Sector 5
|
9,053 |
5 | Sector 4 | 8,466 |
6 | Sector 1
|
3,340 |
Notes
- ^ a b (in Romanian) "Împărțirea administrativă a Bucureștiului - scurt istoric", Agerpres, June 9, 2011
- ^ Andrei, Cristian (April 23, 2022). "România în stand-by. Reforma administrativă, încremenită în modelele Stalin și Ceaușescu" (in Romanian). Europa Liberă România. Retrieved April 28, 2022.