Sibiu
Sibiu
Hermannstadt | |
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City | |
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![]() Sibiu Location of Sibiu within Romania (in red) | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′45″N 24°09′08″E / 45.79583°N 24.15222°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Sibiu County | Municipality of Sibiu |
| Founded | 1191 (first official record) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Astrid Fodor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 121 km2 (47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 190 - 240 m (−600 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | |
| • Density | 1,273/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 0xxxxx |
| Area code | +40 269 |
| Car Plates | SB |
| Website | www.sibiu.ro |

Sibiu (IPA [si'biw], German: Hermannstadt, Hungarian: Nagyszeben) is a city in Transylvania, Romania. About 170,000 people live there. The Cibin River, a tributary of the Olt River flows through the city. It is the capital of Sibiu County.
Twinned towns
Bauru, Brazil since 1995.
Columbia, Missouri, USA since 1994.
Deventer, Netherlands since 2007.[1]
Klagenfurt, Austria since 1990.
Landshut, Germany since 2002.
Marburg, Germany since 2005.
Mechelen, Belgium since 1996.
Rennes, France since 1999.
Valencia, Venezuela since 1993.
Wirral, UK since 1994.
References
- ↑ Sibiu Town Hall Official Site, Acordul de infratire intre Sibiu si orasul Deventer din Olanda Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, 23 May 2007 (in Romanian)
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