Timişoara (Hungarian_language: ''Temesvr'', German_language: ''Temeschwar'' / ''Temeschburg'', Serbian_language: ''Temišvar'', Turkish language: ''Tamışvar'') is a city in the Banat region of western Romania. With a population of 305,977 in as of 2004 (329,554 in as of 2000), it is the capital of Timis County. It is frequently known in English_language simply as Timisoara. All of the variants of its name derive from the Timis river, known in Roman Antiquity as river ''Tibisis'' or ''Tibiscus''. Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily ethnic Germans, Magyar_people, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Palestinians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan). Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built Timişoara's foot bridge over the Bega. An industrial city with extensive services, it was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps. ==History== ''Main article: History of Timisoara'' In 1019 Timişoara (as Dibiscos/Bisiskos/Tibiskos/Tibiskon/Timbisko/etc.) was mentioned for the first time in written documents by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, although not all historians agree with this identification. The city is believed to have been annexed into the Kingdom of Hungary in 1010. The first tobacco mill (factory) in today's Romania was set up in Timişoara. The city was also the first town in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to have public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease. Timişoara was the first town to have an ambulance station in the Kingdom of Hungary and later the Kingdom of Romania. In December 1989 a popular uprising began in Timişoara against the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Townspeople supported pastor Laszlo Tokes against efforts to deport him by the Securitate, or secret police. This was the beginning of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which ended the Communist regime a week later. ==Landmarks== *Timisoara Orthodox Cathedral ==Education== * [http://www.ucdctm.ro/ The Dimitrie Cantemir University of Timisoara] * [http://www.utt.ro/indexro.shtml The "Politehnica" University of Timisoara] * [http://www.uvt.ro/ The West University of Timisoara] * [http://www.umft.ro/newpage/ Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara] * [http://www.usab-tm.ro/ The Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences in Timisoara] ==Famous People== * Robert Musil * Meir Amigo [http://www.bh.org.il/Names/Amigo.asp] ==External links== * [http://www.timisoara.ro City Website] (in Romanian) * [http://www.primariatm.ro City Hall] (in Romanian) Romanian cities Timisoara Banat
== Huge history section == Shoudn't the history section be a little smaller for this main page? I guess we could do some Timisoara's History file and just leave here the important part. User:Dent == Al-Idrisi / Idrisi == *The link is correct. For Arabic names many different alternative names have been used. For the correctnes of the link see also: :de:Bltezeit des Islam#Geographie. Regards User:Gangleri 19:01, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC) == mayor of Timisoara == * see Gheorghe Ciuhandu 18:55, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC) User:Gangleri | [ Th] | :Gangleri
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Timişoara (Hungarian_language: ''Temesvr'', German_language: ''Temeschwar'' / ''Temeschburg'', Serbian_language: ''Temišvar'', Turkish language: ''Tamışvar'') is a city in the Banat region of western Romania. With a population of 305,977 in as of 2004 (329,554 in as of 2000), it is the capital of Timis County. It is frequently known in English_language simply as Timisoara. All of the variants of its name derive from the Timis river, known in Roman Antiquity as river ''Tibisis'' or ''Tibiscus''. Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily ethnic Germans, Magyar_people, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Palestinians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan). Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built Timişoara's foot bridge over the Bega. An industrial city with extensive services, it was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps. ==History== ''Main article: History of Timisoara'' In 1019 Timişoara (as Dibiscos/Bisiskos/Tibiskos/Tibiskon/Timbisko/etc.) was mentioned for the first time in written documents by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, although not all historians agree with this identification. The city is believed to have been annexed into the Kingdom of Hungary in 1010. The first tobacco mill (factory) in today's Romania was set up in Timişoara. The city was also the first town in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to have public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease. Timişoara was the first town to have an ambulance station in the Kingdom of Hungary and later the Kingdom of Romania. In December 1989 a popular uprising began in Timişoara against the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Townspeople supported pastor Laszlo Tokes against efforts to deport him by the Securitate, or secret police. This was the beginning of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which ended the Communist regime a week later. ==Landmarks== *Timisoara Orthodox Cathedral ==Education== * [http://www.ucdctm.ro/ The Dimitrie Cantemir University of Timisoara] * [http://www.utt.ro/indexro.shtml The "Politehnica" University of Timisoara] * [http://www.uvt.ro/ The West University of Timisoara] * [http://www.umft.ro/newpage/ Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara] * [http://www.usab-tm.ro/ The Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences in Timisoara] ==Famous People== * Robert Musil * Meir Amigo [http://www.bh.org.il/Names/Amigo.asp] ==External links== * [http://www.timisoara.ro City Website] (in Romanian) * [http://www.primariatm.ro City Hall] (in Romanian) Romanian cities Timisoara Banat
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== Huge history section == Shoudn't the history section be a little smaller for this main page? I guess we could do some Timisoara's History file and just leave here the important part. User:Dent == Al-Idrisi / Idrisi == *The link is correct. For Arabic names many different alternative names have been used. For the correctnes of the link see also: :de:Bltezeit des Islam#Geographie. Regards User:Gangleri 19:01, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC) == mayor of Timisoara == * see Gheorghe Ciuhandu 18:55, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC) User:Gangleri | [ Th] | :Gangleri
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