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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88" title="باكاو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="باكاو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeu" title="Bakeu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bakeu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88" title="باکائو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باکائو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8D%D1%9E" title="Бакэў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бакэў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8D%D1%9E" title="Бакэў – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бакэў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%83" title="Бакъу – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бакъу" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipiul_Bac%C4%83u" title="Municipiul Bacău – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Municipiul Bacău" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Μπακάου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπακάου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88" title="باکائو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باکائو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%BB%A4%EC%9A%B0" title="바커우 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바커우" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Բակեու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բակեու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_(grad)" title="Bacău (grad) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bacău (grad)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95" title="בקאו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בקאו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3" title="ბაკეუ – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბაკეუ" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacovia" title="Bacovia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bacovia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeu" title="Bakeu – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bakeu" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeu" title="Bakeu – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bakeu" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1k%C3%B3" title="Bákó – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bákó" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%83" title="Бакау – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бакау" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%83" title="Бакау – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бакау" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_(stad)" title="Bacău (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bacău (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6" title="バカウ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バカウ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C4%83u" title="Bacău – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bacău" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" 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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Municipality in Bacău County, Romania</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For Bacău de Mijloc village, see <a href="/wiki/Bata,_Arad" title="Bata, Arad">Bata, Arad</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Bakó" redirects here. 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Bacău</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="nowrap"><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg/140px-Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg/210px-Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg/280px-Bibilioteca_bacau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2640" data-file-height="1980" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg/140px-Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg/210px-Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg/280px-Bacau_Sf_Neculai_noaptea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="959" /></a></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B%C3%A2cau,_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov,_March_2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg/149px-B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg/225px-B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg/299px-B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1170" /></a></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG/130px-Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG" decoding="async" width="130" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG/196px-Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG/260px-Monumentul_Eroilor_din_Groz%C4%83ve%C8%99ti_16.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a></span><br /><div class="center"><div class="center"> <div style="width: 280px; height: 107px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -60px; left: -0px; width: 280px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="20171004 114517 Administrative Palace in Bacău 2017.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg/280px-20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg/420px-20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg/560px-20171004_114517_Administrative_Palace_in_Bac%C4%83u_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div></div> </span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top, left to right: Public library (Old City Hall), St. Nicholas Cathedral, Cancicov park, Oituz Heroes monument, County Prefecture.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bacau.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Bacău"><img alt="Flag of Bacău" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Bacau.png/100px-Flag_of_Bacau.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Bacau.png/150px-Flag_of_Bacau.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Bacau.png/200px-Flag_of_Bacau.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Bacău"><img alt="Coat of arms of Bacău" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png/67px-ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png" decoding="async" width="67" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png/100px-ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png/134px-ROU_BC_Bacau_CoA.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="895" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Bac%C4%83u" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Bacău">Coat of arms</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bacau_jud_Bacau.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Bacău County"><img alt="Location in Bacău County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bacau_jud_Bacau.png/270px-Bacau_jud_Bacau.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bacau_jud_Bacau.png/405px-Bacau_jud_Bacau.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bacau_jud_Bacau.png/540px-Bacau_jud_Bacau.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="773" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in Bacău County</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bacău is located in Romania"><img alt="Bacău is located in Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Romania_location_map.svg/270px-Romania_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Romania_location_map.svg/405px-Romania_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Romania_location_map.svg/540px-Romania_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1611" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.588%;left:69.17%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bacău"><img alt="Bacău" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Bacău</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Romania</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bac%C4%83u&params=46_35_N_26_55_E_region:RO_type:adm1st_dim:100000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°35′N</span> <span class="longitude">26°55′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.583°N 26.917°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.583; 26.917</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Romania</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Romania" title="Counties of Romania">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_County" title="Bacău County">Bacău</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1408 (first official record)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2020–2024) </span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lucian Stanciu-Viziteu<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">43.19 km<sup>2</sup> (16.68 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">165 m (541 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021-12-01)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">136,087</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,200/km<sup>2</sup> (8,200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>/<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a> (UTC+2/+3)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Romania" title="Postal codes in Romania">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">600xxx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Romania" title="Telephone numbers in Romania">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">(+40) 234</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Romania" title="Vehicle registration plates of Romania">Vehicle reg.</a></th><td class="infobox-data">BC</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://municipiulbacau.ro">municipiulbacau.ro</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bacău</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BAK</span>-ow</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Collins_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">bə-<span style="font-size:90%">KOW</span></i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Collins_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Romanian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ro-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Romanian" title="Help:IPA/Romanian">[baˈkəw]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>: <i lang="hu">Bákó</i>; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Bacovia</i>) is the main city in <a href="/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_County" title="Bacău County">Bacău County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>. With a population of 136,087 (as of <a href="/wiki/2021_Romanian_census" title="2021 Romanian census">2021 census</a>), Bacău is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Romania" title="List of cities and towns in Romania">14th largest city</a> in Romania.<sup id="cite_ref-RPL2021_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPL2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is situated in the historical region of <a href="/wiki/Western_Moldavia" title="Western Moldavia">Moldavia</a>, at the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains" title="Carpathian Mountains">Carpathian Mountains</a>, and on the <a href="/wiki/Bistri%C8%9Ba_River_(Siret)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bistrița River (Siret)">Bistrița River</a> (which meets the <a href="/wiki/Siret_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Siret River">Siret River</a> about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south of Bacău). The <a href="/wiki/Ghime%C8%99_Pass" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghimeș Pass">Ghimeș Pass</a> links Bacău to the region of <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town's name, which features in Old Church Slavonic documents as <i>Bako</i>, <i>Bakova</i> or <i>Bakovia</i>, comes most probably from a <a href="/wiki/Personal_name" title="Personal name">personal name</a> of Hungarian origin.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Men bearing the name Bakó or Bako are documented in medieval <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_456_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_456-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 15th-century Bulgaria, but according to Victor Spinei the name itself is of <a href="/wiki/Turkic_languages" title="Turkic languages">Turkic</a> – most probably of <a href="/wiki/Cuman_language" title="Cuman language">Cuman</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pecheneg_language" title="Pecheneg language">Pecheneg</a> – origin.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicolae Iorga believes that the city's name is of Hungarian origin (as <a href="/wiki/Adjud" title="Adjud">Adjud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sascut" title="Sascut">Sascut</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another theory suggests that the town's name has a <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic</a> origin, pointing to the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Slavic_language" title="Proto-Slavic language">Proto-Slavic</a> word <i>byk</i>, meaning "ox" or "bull", the region being very suitable for raising cattle; the term, rendered into <a href="/wiki/Romanian_alphabet" title="Romanian alphabet">Romanian alphabet</a> as <i>bâc</i>, was probably the origin of <i>Bâcău</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-a_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In German it is known as <i>Bakau</i>, in Hungarian as <i>Bákó</i> and in Turkish as <i>Baka</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similarly to most <a href="/wiki/Urban_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban center">urban centers</a> in Moldavia, Bacău emerged on a <a href="/wiki/Ford_(crossing)" title="Ford (crossing)">ford</a> that allowed water passage.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is archaeological evidence of human settlement in the centre of Bacău (near <a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtea_Domneasc%C4%83_din_Bac%C4%83u" class="extiw" title="ro:Curtea Domnească din Bacău">Curtea Domnească</a>) dating from the 6th and the 7th centuries; these settlements were placed over older settlements from the 4th and the 5th centuries. A number of vessels found here are ornamented with crosses, hinting that the inhabitants were Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pechenegs and Cumans controlled the Bistrița valley during the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Colonist" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonist">Colonists</a> played a significant role in the development of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archaeological finds, some surface or semi-buried dwellings from the second half of the 15th century, suggest that <a href="/wiki/Hungarians" title="Hungarians">Hungarians</a> started to settle in the region after 1345–1347 when the territory was under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_in_the_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages">Kingdom of Hungary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They mainly occupied the flat banks of the river Bistrița.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Discoveries of a type of 14th-century grey ceramic that has also been found in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a> also suggests the presence of <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> colonists from the north.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally the town focused around the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> community that settled near a regular local <a href="/wiki/Marketplace" title="Marketplace">market</a> frequented by the population of the region on the lower reaches of the river.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_456_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_456-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town was first mentioned in 1408 when Prince <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Good" title="Alexander the Good">Alexander the Good</a> of Moldavia (1400–1432) listed the <a href="/wiki/Custom_house" title="Custom house">customs points</a> in the principality in his privilege for <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> merchants.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The customs house in the town is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Old_Church_Slavonic" title="Old Church Slavonic">Old Church Slavonic</a> as <i>krainee mîto</i> ("the customs house by the edge") in the document which may indicate that it was the last customs stop before Moldavia's border with <a href="/wiki/Wallachia" title="Wallachia">Wallachia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An undated document reveals that the <i>șoltuz</i> in Bacău, that is the head of the town elected by its inhabitants, had the right to sentence felons to death, at least for robberies, which hints to an extended privilege, similar to the ones that royal towns in the Kingdom of Hungary enjoyed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus this right may have been granted to the community when the territory was under the control of the Kingdom of Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_456_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_456-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">seal</a> of Bacău was oval which is exceptional in Moldavia where the seals of other towns were round.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander the Good donated the wax collected as part of the tax payable by the town to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Bistri%C8%9Ba_Monastery" title="Bistrița Monastery">Bistrița Monastery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was most probably his first wife named Margaret who founded the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan">Franciscan</a> Church of the Holy Virgin in Bacău.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_455_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_455-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the main Catholic church in the town was dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_456_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_456-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A letter written by John of Rya, the Catholic bishop of <a href="/wiki/Baia" title="Baia">Baia</a> refers to Bacău as a <i>civitas</i> which implies the existence of a Catholic bishopric in the town at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_455_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_455-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The letter also reveals that <a href="/wiki/Hussite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussite">Hussite</a> immigrants who had undergone persecutions in <a href="/wiki/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bohemia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moravia" title="Moravia">Moravia</a>, or Hungary were settled in the town and granted privileges by Alexander the Good.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The monastery of Bistrița was also granted the income from the customs house of Bacău in 1439.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1435 <a href="/wiki/Stephen_II_of_Moldavia" title="Stephen II of Moldavia">Stephen II of Moldavia</a> (1433–1435, 1436–1447) requested the town's judges not to hinder the merchants of <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a>, an important center of the <a href="/wiki/Transylvanian_Saxons" title="Transylvanian Saxons">Transylvanian Saxons</a> in their movement.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 15th century <i>ungureni</i>, that is <a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanians</a> from Transylvania began to populate the area north of the marketplace where they would erect an Orthodox church after 1500.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_456_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_456-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small residence of the princes of Moldova was built in the town in the first half of the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_454_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_454-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was rebuilt and extended under <a href="/wiki/Stephen_III_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen III the Great">Stephen III the Great</a> of Moldavia (1457–1504) who also erected an Orthodox church within it.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_454_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_454-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the rulers soon began to donate the neighboring villages that had thereto supplied their local household to monasteries or noblemen.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus the local princely residence was abandoned after 1500.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_457_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_457-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town was invaded and destroyed more than one time in the 15th and 16th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_457_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_457-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in 1467 King <a href="/wiki/Matthias_I_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthias I of Hungary">Matthias I of Hungary</a> during his expedition against Stephen the Great set fire to all towns, among them Bacău in his path.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The customs records of <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a> shows that few merchants from Bacău crossed the <a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains" title="Carpathian Mountains">Carpathian Mountains</a> into Transylvania after 1500, and their merchandise had no particularly high value which suggests that the town was declining in this period.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_457_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_457-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Catholic bishop of <a href="/wiki/Curtea_de_Arge%C8%99" title="Curtea de Argeș">Argeș</a> whose see in Wallachia had been destroyed by the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Tatars</a> moved to Bacău in 1597.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_457_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_457-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the early 17th century the bishops of Bacău were Polish priests who did not reside in the town, but in the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Crown of the Kingdom of Poland">Kingdom of Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Benda_36_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benda_36-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They only travelled time to time to their see in order to collect the <a href="/wiki/Tithes" class="mw-redirect" title="Tithes">tithes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Benda_36_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benda_36-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Archbishop Marco Bandini's report of the <a href="/wiki/Canonical_visitation" title="Canonical visitation">canonical visitation</a> of 1646, the <i>șoltuz</i> in Bacău was elected among Hungarians one year, and another, among Romanians.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_456_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_456-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Benda_35_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benda_35-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The names of most of 12 inhabitants of the town recorded in 1655 also indicate that Hungarians still formed their majority group.<sup id="cite_ref-Rădvan_457_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rădvan_457-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1670 Archbishop Petrus Parcevic, the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_vicariate" title="Apostolic vicariate">apostolic vicar</a> of Moldavia concluded an agreement with the head of the Franciscan Province of Transylvania on the return of the Bacău monastery to them in order to ensure the spiritual welfare of the local Hungarian community.<sup id="cite_ref-Benda_35_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benda_35-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the Polish bishop protested against the agreement and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> also refused to ratify it.<sup id="cite_ref-Benda_35_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benda_35-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the frequent invasions by foreign armies and plundering by the Tatars in the 17th century, many of its Catholic inhabitants abandoned Bacău and took refuge in Transylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (November 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> But in 1851 the Catholic congregation in the town still spoke, sang, and prayed in <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Paper_mill" title="Paper mill">paper mill</a> in Moldavia was established in the town in 1851.<sup id="cite_ref-Treptow_32_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Treptow_32-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was declared a <a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">municipality</a> in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Treptow_32_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Treptow_32-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bacău has a type of <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">continental climate</a> that falls short of permanent winter snow cover due days averaging above freezing. Winters are also quite dry in the area. Summers are quite rainy due to <a href="/wiki/Convection" title="Convection">convection</a> and temperatures are often hot due to its inland location. Due to its mid-latitude location surrounded by a vast landmass, Bacău has a large temperature amplitude by European standards. Since 1980, a record heat of 42.5 °C (108.5 °F)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a record cold of −28 °C (−18 °F)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have been measured, which is a net difference of 70.5 °C (126.9 °F). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Bacău, Romania (1991–2020 normals, extremes since 1980) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(93.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(100.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.3<br />(104.5) </td> <td style="background: #F10000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.5<br />(108.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #F10000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.5<br />(108.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(77.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.8<br />(94.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.7<br />(96.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.2<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.1<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.3<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.5<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.7<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.9<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.1<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.1<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−19.5<br />(−3.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−28.0<br />(−18.4) </td> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−25.5<br />(−13.9) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−21.0<br />(−5.8) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.1<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4<br />(41.7) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.4<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−21.4<br />(−6.5) </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−23.4<br />(−10.1) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−28.0<br />(−18.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(0.96) </td> <td style="background: #D6FFD6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(0.98) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(1.31) </td> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.9<br />(1.96) </td> <td style="background: #92FF92; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(2.85) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.3<br />(3.91) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.3<br />(3.83) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(1.93) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.3<br />(2.06) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.9<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(1.30) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(1.24) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">618.4<br />(24.33) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">84.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #747474; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #ACAC9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF2B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">236 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">275 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">261 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">134 </td> <td style="background: #868686; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #5F5F5F; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,930 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA9120_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA9120-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Infoclimat<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local authority in the city is split between the Mayor and the Local Council. Between 1950 and 1968 the city was governed by the Sfatul popular (People's Council). It replaced the local Provisional Committee (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">Comitetul Provizori</i>), which functioned from 1948 to 1950, based on the Law of the People's Councils, no. 17/1949.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1859 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">8,972</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1900 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">16,187</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+80.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1912 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">18,846</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">31,138</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+65.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">38,965</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+25.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,461</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−11.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">54,138</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+57.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1966 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">73,414</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+35.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1977 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">127,299</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+73.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1992 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">205,029</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+61.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">175,500</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−14.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">144,307</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−17.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">136,087</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Census data, 1930–1948.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of <a href="/wiki/2021_Romanian_census" title="2021 Romanian census">2021 census</a> data, Bacău has a population of 136,087,<sup id="cite_ref-RPL2021_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPL2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2011 census. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2011_Romanian_census" title="2011 Romanian census">2011 census</a>, Bacău had a population of 144,307, a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2002 census.<sup id="cite_ref-INSSER_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSSER-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ethnic makeup was as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanians</a>: 97.93%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Roma</a>: 0.92%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarians" title="Hungarians">Hungarians</a>: 0.09%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>: 0.03%</li> <li>Other: 0.34%</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_metropolitan_area" title="Bacău metropolitan area">Bacău metropolitan area</a>, a project for the creation of an administrative unit to integrate Bacău with the nearby communes, would have a population of some 190,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is about 300 kilometres (186 miles) North of <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>. It is served by <a href="/wiki/George_Enescu_International_Airport" title="George Enescu International Airport">George Enescu International Airport</a>, located at 5 km (3.1 mi), which provides direct links with the Romanian capital, <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, and with several cities in Europe. Bacău air traffic control centre is one of Europe's busiest, as it handles transiting flights between the Middle and Near East and South Asia to Europe and across the Atlantic. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg/220px-Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg/330px-Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg/440px-Complexul_muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_Bacau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="2221" /></a><figcaption>Museum Complex '"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Complexul_Muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_din_Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Complexul Muzeal Iulian Antonescu din Bacău (page does not exist)">Iulian Antonescu</a>"</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_railway_station" title="Bacău railway station">Bacău railway station</a> (<i>Gara Bacău</i>) is one of the busiest in Romania; it has access to the Romanian railway main trunk number 500. Thus the city is connected to the main Romanian cities; the railway station is an important transit stop for international trains from <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>. </p><p>The city has access to the <a href="/wiki/DN2" title="DN2">DN2</a> road (<a href="/wiki/European_route_E85" title="European route E85">E85</a>) that links it to the Romanian capital, Bucharest (to the South) and the cities of <a href="/wiki/Suceava" title="Suceava">Suceava</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași">Iași</a> (to the North). The <a href="/wiki/European_route" class="mw-redirect" title="European route">European route</a> <a href="/wiki/European_route_E574" title="European route E574">E574</a> is an important access road to Transylvania and the city of <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a>. The city is also located at the intersection of several national roads of secondary importance, and will be served in the future by the <a href="/wiki/A7_motorway_(Romania)" title="A7 motorway (Romania)">A7 motorway</a> running from the border with <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Siret" title="Siret">Siret</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ploie%C8%99ti" title="Ploiești">Ploiești</a> (junction with <a href="/wiki/A3_motorway_(Romania)" title="A3 motorway (Romania)">A3</a>). As of 2020, this motorway intersects with the Bacău bypass (<i>Centura Bacău</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bacău has a public university and several colleges. Two major Romanian poets, <a href="/wiki/George_Bacovia" title="George Bacovia">George Bacovia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Alecsandri" title="Vasile Alecsandri">Vasile Alecsandri</a> were born here. The "<a href="/wiki/Mihail_Jora" title="Mihail Jora">Mihail Jora</a>" Athenaeum and a Philharmonic Orchestra are located here, as well as the "G. Bacovia" Dramatic Theater and a Puppet Theater. Around Christmas every year, a Festival of Moldavian Winter Traditions takes place, reuniting folk artists from all the surrounding regions. The exhibition "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Saloanele_Moldovei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saloanele Moldovei (page does not exist)">Saloanele Moldovei</a>" and the International Painting Camp at <a href="/wiki/Tescani" class="mw-redirect" title="Tescani">Tescani</a>, near Bacău, reunite important plastic artists from Romania and from abroad. The local History Museum, part of the Museum Complex "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Complexul_Muzeal_Iulian_Antonescu_din_Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Complexul Muzeal Iulian Antonescu din Bacău (page does not exist)">Iulian Antonescu</a>" has an important collection of antique objects from ancient <a href="/wiki/Dacia" title="Dacia">Dacia</a>. The city also has an astronomical observatory, The Victor Anestin Astronomical Observatory.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jewish_community">Jewish community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jewish community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Old_Jewish_Cemetery,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Old Jewish Cemetery, Bacău">Old Jewish Cemetery, Bacău</a></div> <p>The 1772-1774 Census registered 5 Jewish families, the 1820 Census registered 108 families. The 1852 Census registered 504 Jewish inhabitants. The 1930 Census registered 9424 Jewish inhabitants. The first mentions about Jewish inhabitants are from the beginning of the 18th century. The Register of Chevra Kadisha begins with the year 1774. The first leader of the Community is mentioned in 1794. The community was officially recognized in 1857.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the number of Jews was almost equal to that of Romanians in Bacău. According to the 1930 census, after some of the village population was in town, Bacău had 19,421 who have declared are Romanian, 9,424 declared Jews, 822 Hungarians and 406 German. </p><p>The first synagogue would be built in Bacău in 1820. In 1841 Jews who observe the <a href="/wiki/Chabad" title="Chabad">Chabad</a> <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">Hasidic</a> movement built another Sinagoga. In 1864 there were 14 functioning synagogues in Bacău. Among the most notable being Synagogue Burah Volf, Furriers Synagogue, Synagogue Alter Ionas and tanners. "In 1880, in Bacău we had 21 synagogues and prayer houses. In 1916 we were active following synagogues Froim Aizic, Alter Leib, Itzik Leib Brill, Lipscani, the Tailors Young, coachmen, Shoemakers Synagogue, Cerealista, masonry, Rabbi Israel Synagogue, "Brotherhood of Zion" Snap Synagogue Saima Cofler itself and Der Mariesches SIL. </p><p>After World War I, some synagogues were closed and others were razed. Some carried the names of rabbis deceased or people in life who had influence on the community: synagogue Wisman, synagogue Gaon Bețael Safran, synagogue Rabbi Blane, synagogue David Herșcovici, synagogue Filderman, the synagogue rabbi Wahramn, and synagogue Rabbi Lan. </p><p>In December 2015, the new headquarters of the Jewish community was opened at 2 Erou Costel Marius Hasan St.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Romania" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania">List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns/Sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns.2FSister_cities"></span>Twin towns/Sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Twin towns/Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bacău is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Petah_Tikva" title="Petah Tikva">Petah Tikva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy<sup id="cite_ref-Turin_twinnings_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turin_twinnings-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mandaue" title="Mandaue">Mandaue</a>, Philippines</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Caxias_do_Sul" title="Caxias do Sul">Caxias do Sul</a>, Brazil <i>(since 2017, after relationships between its citizens have developed exponentially</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics (sport)">Athletics</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li> <li>CS Știința Bacău</li> <li>CSȘ Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a></b> </p> <ul><li>CS Știința Bacău</li> <li>CSȘ Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></b> </p> <ul><li>CSȘ Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Contract_bridge" title="Contract bridge">Bridge</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Bridge Club Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FCM_Bac%C4%83u" title="FCM Bacău">FCM Bacău</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CS_Aerostar_Bac%C4%83u" title="CS Aerostar Bacău">CS Aerostar Bacău</a></li> <li>CS FC Pambac Bacău</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FC_Willy_Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FC Willy Bacău (page does not exist)">FC Willy Bacău</a></li> <li>AS Clipa VIO Bacău</li> <li>Siretul Bacău</li> <li>LPS Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">Gymnastics</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li> <li>CS Știința Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Team_Handball" class="mw-redirect" title="Team Handball">Team Handball</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C.S._%C8%98tiin%C8%9Ba_Municipal_Dedeman_Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C.S. Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău (page does not exist)">C.S. Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CS_%C8%98tiin%C8%9Ba_Bac%C4%83u" class="mw-redirect" title="CS Știința Bacău">CS Știința Bacău</a></li> <li>CSȘ Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">Judo</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li> <li>Judo Club Royal Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Karate" title="Karate">Karate</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li> <li>CS Știința Bacău</li> <li>CS Seishin Karate-Do Bacău</li> <li>Siretul Bacău</li> <li>Sfinx Club Karate-Do Bacau</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Fights" class="mw-redirect" title="Fights">Fights</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Modelism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Modelism (page does not exist)">Modelism</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li> <li>CS Aerostar Bacău</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">Swimming</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău (înot, sărituri în apă)</li> <li>LPS Bacău (înot)</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a></b> </p> <ul><li>SCM Bacău</li> <li>ASTC Bistrița Bacău</li> <li>CSȘ Bacău</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Aaronsohn" title="Aaron Aaronsohn">Aaron Aaronsohn</a>, agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasile_Alecsandri" title="Vasile Alecsandri">Vasile Alecsandri</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Alupei" title="Angela Alupei">Angela Alupei</a>, rower</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Apostu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Apostu (page does not exist)">George Apostu</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Apostu" class="extiw" title="ro:George Apostu">ro</a>]</span>, sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantin_Avram" title="Constantin Avram">Constantin Avram</a>, academician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radu_Beligan" title="Radu Beligan">Radu Beligan</a>, actor, poet, essayist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Bacovia" title="George Bacovia">George Bacovia</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitrie_Berea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitrie Berea (page does not exist)">Dimitrie Berea</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrie_Berea" class="extiw" title="ro:Dimitrie Berea">ro</a>]</span>, painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Borcea" title="Julius Borcea">Julius Borcea</a>, mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantin_C%C3%A2ndea" title="Constantin Cândea">Constantin Cândea</a>, chemist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlad_Chiriche%C8%99" title="Vlad Chiricheș">Vlad Chiricheș</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radu_Cosa%C8%99u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radu Cosașu (page does not exist)">Radu Cosașu</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu_Cosa%C8%99u" class="extiw" title="ro:Radu Cosașu">ro</a>]</span>, writer and activist</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sile_Dinicu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sile Dinicu (page does not exist)">Sile Dinicu</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sile_Dinicu" class="extiw" title="ro:Sile Dinicu">ro</a>]</span>, composer and conductor</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ion_Dr%C4%83goi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ion Drăgoi (page does not exist)">Ion Drăgoi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Dr%C4%83goi" class="extiw" title="ro:Ion Drăgoi">ro</a>]</span>, violinist</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicu_Enea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicu Enea (page does not exist)">Nicu Enea</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicu_Enea" class="extiw" title="ro:Nicu Enea">ro</a>]</span>, painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriela_Firea" title="Gabriela Firea">Gabriela Firea</a>, journalist and politician, mayor of Bucharest</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mariana_Zavati_Gardner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mariana Zavati Gardner (page does not exist)">Mariana Zavati Gardner</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Zavati_Gardner" class="extiw" title="ro:Mariana Zavati Gardner">ro</a>]</span>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grigoriu" title="Paul Grigoriu">Paul Grigoriu</a>, journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Gropeanu" title="Nicolae Gropeanu">Nicolae Gropeanu</a>, painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iulius_Iancu" title="Iulius Iancu">Iulius Iancu</a>, Jewish poet and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Korner" title="David Korner">David Korner</a>, communist militant, syndicalist, and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radu_Lecca" title="Radu Lecca">Radu Lecca</a>, double spy, journalist, fascist, antisemite, declared a war criminal by the communists</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcisa_Lecu%C8%99anu" title="Narcisa Lecușanu">Narcisa Lecușanu</a>, handball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Marcus" title="Solomon Marcus">Solomon Marcus</a>, mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioan_M%C4%83ric" title="Ioan Măric">Ioan Măric</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Matoko" title="Agnès Matoko">Agnès Matoko</a>, model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumitru_Mazilu" title="Dumitru Mazilu">Dumitru Mazilu</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doina_Melinte" title="Doina Melinte">Doina Melinte</a>, athlete, Olympic gold medalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihaela_Melinte" title="Mihaela Melinte">Mihaela Melinte</a>, athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marius_Mircu" title="Marius Mircu">Marius Mircu</a>, journalist and memoirist</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cornel_Palade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cornel Palade (page does not exist)">Cornel Palade</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_Palade" class="extiw" title="ro:Cornel Palade">ro</a>]</span>, humorist and TV host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costel_Pantilimon" title="Costel Pantilimon">Costel Pantilimon</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucre%C8%9Biu_P%C4%83tr%C4%83%C8%99canu" title="Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu">Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu</a>, Marxist intellectual and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasile_P%C3%A2rvan" title="Vasile Pârvan">Vasile Pârvan</a>, istoric, archaeologist, and academician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriela_Potorac" title="Gabriela Potorac">Gabriela Potorac</a>, gymnast</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gheorghe_R%C4%83doi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gheorghe Rădoi (page does not exist)">Gheorghe Rădoi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_R%C4%83doi" class="extiw" title="ro:Gheorghe Rădoi">ro</a>]</span>, communist politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Ro%C8%99u" title="Monica Roșu">Monica Roșu</a>, gymnast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirela_Rusu" title="Mirela Rusu">Mirela Rusu</a>, double world champion in aerobic gymnastics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_%C8%98afran" title="Alexandru Șafran">Alexandru Șafran</a>, Rabbi and senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doru_Sechelariu" title="Doru Sechelariu">Doru Sechelariu</a>, racing driver</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olga_Tudorache&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olga Tudorache (page does not exist)">Olga Tudorache</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Tudorache" class="extiw" title="ro:Olga Tudorache">ro</a>]</span>, theater and film actress, university professor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%83zvan_Petru_Umbr%C4%83rescu" class="mw-redirect" title="Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu">Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu</a>, racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anamaria_Vartolomei" title="Anamaria Vartolomei">Anamaria Vartolomei</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Vermont" title="Nicolae Vermont">Nicolae Vermont</a>, painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Yankowitz" title="Max Yankowitz">Max Yankowitz</a>, accordionist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B%C3%A2cau,_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov,_March_2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mircea Cancicov memorial"><img alt="Mircea Cancicov memorial" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg/120px-B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg/180px-B%C3%A2cau%2C_Romania._Monumentul_Mircea_Cancicov%2C_March_2001.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Winter_festival_in_Bac%C4%83u%2C_Romania.jpg/180px-Winter_festival_in_Bac%C4%83u%2C_Romania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Winter_festival_in_Bac%C4%83u%2C_Romania.jpg/240px-Winter_festival_in_Bac%C4%83u%2C_Romania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="270" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Winter Festival</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DetaliuPrecista.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Precista", detail"><img alt=""Precista", detail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/DetaliuPrecista.jpg/120px-DetaliuPrecista.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/DetaliuPrecista.jpg/180px-DetaliuPrecista.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/DetaliuPrecista.jpg/240px-DetaliuPrecista.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1455" data-file-height="1132" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Precista", detail</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:9th_of_May_street,_Bac%C4%83u.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""9th of May" Street"><img alt=""9th of May" Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/9th_of_May_street%2C_Bac%C4%83u.jpg/120px-9th_of_May_street%2C_Bac%C4%83u.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/9th_of_May_street%2C_Bac%C4%83u.jpg/180px-9th_of_May_street%2C_Bac%C4%83u.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/9th_of_May_street%2C_Bac%C4%83u.jpg/240px-9th_of_May_street%2C_Bac%C4%83u.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" 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title="Berești-Bistrița">Berești-Bistrița</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bere%C8%99ti-Tazl%C4%83u" title="Berești-Tazlău">Berești-Tazlău</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berzun%C8%9Bi" title="Berzunți">Berzunți</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C4%83ge%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Blăgești, Bacău">Blăgești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogd%C4%83ne%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Bogdănești, Bacău">Bogdănești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brusturoasa" title="Brusturoasa">Brusturoasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buciumi,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Buciumi, Bacău">Buciumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buhoci" title="Buhoci">Buhoci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C4%83iu%C8%9Bi" title="Căiuți">Căiuți</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C8%99in" title="Cașin">Cașin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleja" title="Cleja">Cleja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colone%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Colonești, Bacău">Colonești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corbasca" title="Corbasca">Corbasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co%C8%9Bof%C4%83ne%C8%99ti" title="Coțofănești">Coțofănești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%83miene%C8%99ti" title="Dămienești">Dămienești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dealu_Morii" title="Dealu Morii">Dealu Morii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dofteana" title="Dofteana">Dofteana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faraoani" title="Faraoani">Faraoani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filipeni,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Filipeni, Bacău">Filipeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filipe%C8%99ti" title="Filipești">Filipești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C4%83iceana" title="Găiceana">Găiceana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A2rleni" title="Gârleni">Gârleni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghime%C8%99-F%C4%83get" title="Ghimeș-Făget">Ghimeș-Făget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioseni" title="Gioseni">Gioseni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gl%C4%83v%C4%83ne%C8%99ti" title="Glăvănești">Glăvănești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gura_V%C4%83ii,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Gura Văii, Bacău">Gura Văii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helegiu" title="Helegiu">Helegiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemeiu%C8%99" title="Hemeiuș">Hemeiuș</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horge%C8%99ti" title="Horgești">Horgești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huruie%C8%99ti" title="Huruiești">Huruiești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ite%C8%99ti" title="Itești">Itești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izvoru_Berheciului" title="Izvoru Berheciului">Izvoru Berheciului</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letea_Veche" title="Letea Veche">Letea Veche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipova,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Lipova, Bacău">Lipova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livezi,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Livezi, Bacău">Livezi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luizi-C%C4%83lug%C4%83ra" title="Luizi-Călugăra">Luizi-Călugăra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83gire%C8%99ti" title="Măgirești">Măgirești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83gura,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Măgura, Bacău">Măgura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Ca%C8%99in" title="Mănăstirea Cașin">Mănăstirea Cașin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83rgineni,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Mărgineni, Bacău">Mărgineni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moto%C8%99eni" title="Motoșeni">Motoșeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negri,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Negri, Bacău">Negri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolae_B%C4%83lcescu,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Nicolae Bălcescu, Bacău">Nicolae Bălcescu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odobe%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Odobești, Bacău">Odobești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oituz" title="Oituz">Oituz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Once%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Oncești, Bacău">Oncești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbeni" title="Orbeni">Orbeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palanca,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Palanca, Bacău">Palanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A2nce%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Pâncești, Bacău">Pâncești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parava,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Parava, Bacău">Parava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A2rg%C4%83re%C8%99ti" title="Pârgărești">Pârgărești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parincea" title="Parincea">Parincea</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Secuieni,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Secuieni, Bacău">Secuieni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solon%C8%9B" title="Solonț">Solonț</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St%C4%83ni%C8%99e%C8%99ti" title="Stănișești">Stănișești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C8%98tefan_cel_Mare,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău">Ștefan cel Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strugari,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Strugari, Bacău">Strugari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama%C8%99i" title="Tamași">Tamași</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A2rgu_Trotu%C8%99" title="Târgu Trotuș">Târgu Trotuș</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C4%83t%C4%83r%C4%83%C8%99ti" title="Tătărăști">Tătărăști</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traian,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Traian, Bacău">Traian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungureni,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Ungureni, Bacău">Ungureni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ureche%C8%99ti,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Urechești, Bacău">Urechești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valea_Seac%C4%83,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Valea Seacă, Bacău">Valea Seacă</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultureni,_Bac%C4%83u" title="Vultureni, Bacău">Vultureni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeme%C8%99" title="Zemeș">Zemeș</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cities_in_Romania_by_population293" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Cities_in_Romania" 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title="Brăila">Brăila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad,_Romania" title="Arad, Romania">Arad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pite%C8%99ti" title="Pitești">Pitești</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bacău</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibiu" title="Sibiu">Sibiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A2rgu_Mure%C8%99" title="Târgu Mureș">Târgu Mureș</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baia_Mare" title="Baia Mare">Baia Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buz%C4%83u" title="Buzău">Buzău</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="padding:0.4em; line-height:1.0em;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Romania" title="List of cities and towns in Romania">complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_in_Romania" title="Metropolitan areas in Romania">metropolitan areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Romanian_counties_by_population" title="List of Romanian 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