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Bacău

capital of the county of Bacău, Romania
Administrative Area Municipality Of Romania Q10737004

Facts

30 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Romania, capital of county in Romania, big city[4][5]
Official website
municipiulbacau.ro[18]
Native label
Bacău[39]
Official name
Bacău[38]

Status and dates

Inception
1399[16]

Location

Country
Romania, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, Principality of Moldavia, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romanian People's Republic, Kingdom of Romania[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.583°, 26.917°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Bacău County[1]
Postal code
600001–600408[12]
Street address
Calea Mărășești, nr.6, Bacău

Relations

Owner of
Stadionul Municipal[40]
More facts +19
Capital of
Bacău County[36]
Area
+43.100000, +43.060000[42][43]
Capital
Bacău[6]
Contains settlement
Bacău[37]
Demographics of topic
demographics of Bacău
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. Volume 10, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32][33][34][35]
Elevation above sea level
+165[41]
Head of government
Romeo Stavarache, Cosmin Necula, Lucian-Daniel Stanciu-Viziteu[3]
Historical region
Western Moldavia
Local dialing code
0234[15]
Located in/on physical feature
Culoarul Siretului[17]
Office held by the head of government
ex mayor of Bacău[30]
Phone number
+40-234581849[31]
Population
136k (19k–205k, n=10)[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Population by native language
+92
Said to be the same as
Bacău[14]
Time of earliest written record
1408[29]
Twinned administrative body
Burkina Faso, Mandaue, Blaj, Petah Tikva, Turin[7][8][9][10][11]
Vehicle registration plate code
BC[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bacău en Barchau en Bákó en Bakau ar باكاو cs Bacau cs Bacov de Bakau de Barchau de Bákó el Μπακάου es Bakau es Bákó es Barchau es בקאו fa بکو fi Bacau fi Bačau fr Bakau fr Bákó
🔖 Identifiers · 31
VIAF cluster ID
236982378
GND ID
4346909-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Prefectura Bacau.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
7231
BBC Things ID
76a7e88c-28ec-4af6-b1a8-586adaadcaf6
De Agostini ID
Bacău+(città)
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4981
Email address
mailto:contactprimarie@primariabacau.ro
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Bacau-Romania
Facebook location ID
814937975304488
FactGrid item ID
Ford railway station
Freebase ID
/m/0gpfv
Show all 31 identifiers +19
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1151501
GeoNames ID
8306520, 685948
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
bacau
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0006510
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Bacău
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1846848
INaturalist place ID
102479
J9U entity ID
987007554908705171
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
2291
MusicBrainz area ID
9e7bcd26-c78a-40cc-9c4f-ae27f286e08f
NL CR AUT ID
ge128704
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3873083
Quora topic ID
Bacau-Romania
SIRUTA code
20297
SNARC ID
Qinghai
Topic's main category
Category:Bacău
Who's on First ID
101752009
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID
Bacau
Yale LUX ID
place/ca309a79-ed7d-4769-9c06-c0bd76f5b97c
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
People born here 57
Tristan Tzara, Costel Pantilimon, Vlad Chiricheș, Anamaria Vartolomei, Andrei Burcă, Aaron Aaronsohn, Gabriela Firea, Mihaela Melinte +49 more
Country 6
Romania, Kingdom of Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Principality of Moldavia, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, Romanian People's Republic
Twinned administrative body 5
Burkina Faso, Turin, Petah Tikva, Blaj, Mandaue
← Headquarters location 5
FCM Bacău, Aerostar, Dedeman, CS Ştiinţa Bacău, Barrier
Contained subdivisions 4
Dedeman, Vasile Alecsandri University, RoAF 95th Air Base, Universitatea George Bacovia
← Twinned administrative body 4
Burkina Faso, Petah Tikva, Blaj, Mandaue
People who died here 3
Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Florin Ganea, Max Wexler
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 2
big city, municipality of Romania
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
← Category combines topics 2
Category:People from Bacău, Category:Births in Bacău
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Bacău County, Nord-Est
← Primary destinations 2
European route E85, DN2
Capital of 1
Bacău County
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Bacău
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Bacău
Historical region 1
Western Moldavia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Bacău County
Located in/on physical feature 1
Western Moldavia
SNARC ID 1
Qinghai
Topic's main category 1
Category:Bacău
← Capital 1
Bacău County
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Bacău
← Location of formation 1
Aerostar
← Place served by transport hub 1
Bacău International Airport
← Shares border with 1
Mărgineni
← Terminus location 1
European route E574
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Related Entities

Bogdan Pătruț Burkina Faso Costel Pantilimon Kingdom of Romania Petah Tikva Principality of Moldavia Romania Solomon Marcus Tristan Tzara Universitatea George Bacovia Vasile Alecsandri University Vlad Chiricheș

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → 43.1 square kilometre, 43.06 square kilometre
    "Created claim: Area: 43.060000 square kilometre"
  2. 10d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Area: 43.100000 square kilometre"
  3. 22d ago · SlartibartfastT · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Culoarul Siretului
    "Changed claim: Located in/on physical feature: Culoarul Siretului"
  4. 23d ago · Slartibot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms image → Stemă Municipiul Bacău Reproiectare.svg
    "Changed claim: Coat of arms image: Stemă Municipiul Bacău Reproiectare.svg"
  5. 6w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → capital of the county of Bacău, Romania
    Who's on First ID → 101752009
    Yale LUX ID → place/ca309a79-ed7d-4769-9c06-c0bd76f5b97c
    GNS Unique Feature ID → -1151501
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [en] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57208"
  6. 9w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Bacău
    "Created claim: Said to be the same as: Bacău"
  7. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    EuroVoc ID → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  8. 17w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Wikidata item
    Located in time zone → —
    Demographics of topic → demographics of Bacău
    Twinned administrative body → Burkina Faso, Mandaue, Blaj +1
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: EuroVoc ID: 8506, batch #260985"
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