Bistrița

Bistrița is the capital city of , in northern , Romania. It is situated on the . The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 and administers six villages: Ghinda, Sărata, Sigmir, Slătinița, Unirea and Viișoara.
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  • Type: City with 75,100 residents
  • Description: capital of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
  • Also known as: Alsobudak”, “Besztec”, “Beszterce”, “Besztercze”, “Bistrita”, “Bistriţa”, “Bistrits”, “Bistritz”, “Bystrzyca”, “Nosen”, and “Nösen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jean Pădureanu Stadium and Saint Nicholas church in Viișoara.

Stadium
Photo: Rad Urs, Public domain.
The is a multi-purpose stadium in Bistrița, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud, considered the unofficial successor of ACF Gloria Bistrița.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Unirea and Viișoara.

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Bistrița

Latitude
47.1327° or 47° 7′ 58″ north
Longitude
24.4964° or 24° 29′ 47″ east
Population
75,100
Elevation
362 metres (1,188 feet)
IATA airport code
QBY
United Nations Location Code
RO BIT
Open location code
8GV64FMW+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 128561166
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
684657
Wiki­data ID
Q187205
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yiddish—“Bistrița” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Bistriţa
  • Achinese: Bistrița
  • Arabic: بستيريا
  • Arabic: بيستريتسا
  • Armenian: Բիստրիցա
  • Azerbaijani: Bistritsa
  • Basque: Bistrița
  • Belarusian: Бістрыца (Румынія)
  • Belarusian: Бістрыца
  • Bengali: বিস্ত্রিতা
  • Bulgarian: Бистрица
  • Catalan: Bistrita
  • Catalan: Bistriţa
  • Catalan: Bistrița
  • Cebuano: Bistrița
  • Cebuano: Municipiul Bistrița
  • Chinese: 比斯特里察
  • Croatian: Bistrița
  • Czech: Bistriţa
  • Czech: Bistrița
  • Danish: Bistrita
  • Danish: Bistriţa
  • Danish: Bistrița
  • Dutch: Beszterce
  • Dutch: Bistriţa
  • Dutch: Bistrița
  • Dutch: Bistritz
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيستريتسا
  • Esperanto: Beszterce
  • Esperanto: Bistrita
  • Esperanto: Bistriţa
  • Esperanto: Bistrița
  • Esperanto: Bistritz
  • Estonian: Bistrita
  • Estonian: Bistriţa
  • Estonian: Bistrița
  • Finnish: Bistrita
  • Finnish: Bistriţa
  • Finnish: Bistrița
  • French: Bistrita
  • French: Bistriţa
  • French: Bistrița
  • French: Bristritz
  • Georgian: ბისტრიცა
  • German: Bistrita
  • German: Bistrița
  • German: Bistritz
  • German: Bistritza
  • German: Nösen
  • Greek: Μπίστριτσα
  • Gujarati: બિસ્ક્રિટા
  • Hebrew: ביסטריץ
  • Hebrew: ביסטריצה
  • Hindi: बिस्तरिता
  • Hungarian: Beszterce
  • Icelandic: Bistrița
  • Icelandic: Bistritz
  • Indonesian: Beszterce
  • Indonesian: Bistrita
  • Indonesian: Bistriţa
  • Indonesian: Bistrița
  • Indonesian: Bistritz
  • Interlingue: Bistriţa
  • Interlingue: Bistrița
  • Irish: Bistrița
  • Italian: Beszterce
  • Italian: Bistrița
  • Japanese: ビストリツァ
  • Kannada: ಬಿಸ್ಟ್ರಿಟ
  • Korean: 비스트리차
  • Latin: Bistricia
  • Latin: Bistriţa
  • Latin: Bystricia
  • Latvian: Bistrica
  • Limburgan: Bistrița
  • Lithuanian: Bistrica
  • Lithuanian: Bistrita
  • Luxembourgish: Bistrița
  • Macedonian: Бистрица
  • Malay: Bistrita
  • Malay: Bistrița
  • Marathi: बिस्ट्रिया
  • Minangkabau: Bistrița
  • Moksha: Бистрица
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bistrita
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bistriţa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bistrița
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Beszterce
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bistrita
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bistrița
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bistritz
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nösen
  • Norwegian: Bistrița
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Bistrița
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Bistritz
  • Ossetian: Бистрицæ (Румыни)
  • Ossetian: Бистрицæ
  • Persian: بیستریتسا
  • Polish: Bistriţa
  • Polish: Bystrzyca
  • Portuguese: Bistrița
  • Romanian: Bistriţa
  • Romanian: Bistrița
  • Russian: Бистрица
  • Rusyn: Быстриця (варош)
  • Rusyn: Быстриця
  • Samogitian: Bistrėca
  • Scots: Bistrița
  • Scottish Gaelic: Bistrița
  • Serbian: Bistrica
  • Serbian: Бистрица
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bistrița
  • Sinhala: බ්‍රිස්ට්‍රිටා
  • Slovak: Sedmohradská Bystrica
  • Slovenian: Bistrica
  • Slovenian: Bistrița
  • South Azerbaijani: بیستریتسا
  • Spanish: Bistrita
  • Spanish: Bistriţa
  • Spanish: Bistrița
  • Spanish: Bistritz
  • Swedish: Beszterce
  • Swedish: Bistrita
  • Swedish: Bistriţa
  • Swedish: Bistrița
  • Swedish: Bistritz
  • Tajik: Bistritsa
  • Tajik: Бистритса
  • Tamil: பிஸ்ட்ரிடா
  • Tatar: Бистрица
  • Telugu: బిస్తారిత
  • Thai: บิสตริตซา
  • Turkish: Besterce
  • Turkish: Bistrita
  • Turkish: Bistriţa
  • Turkish: Bistrița
  • Ukrainian: Бистриця
  • Ukrainian: Бістріца
  • Upper Sorbian: Bistrița
  • Urdu: بیستریتسا
  • Vietnamese: Bistrita
  • Vietnamese: Bistrița
  • Vlax Romani: Bistrița
  • Walloon: Bistriţa
  • Walloon: Bistrița
  • Waray (Philippines): Bistrița
  • Welsh: Bistrița
  • Western Panjabi: بستریتسا
  • Wu Chinese: 比斯特里察
  • Yiddish: Bistrits
  • Yiddish: ביסטריץ
  • Bistrėca
  • Bistrița

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