Sibiu

Sibiu Hermannstadt
City
Flag Coat of arms
Sibiu Location of Sibiu within Romania (in red)
Coordinates: 45°47′45″N 24°09′08″E / 45.79583°N 24.15222°E / 45.79583; 24.15222
Country	Romania
Sibiu County	Municipality of Sibiu
Founded	1191 (first official record)
Government
• Mayor	Astrid Fodor
Area
• Total	121 km2 (47 sq mi)
Elevation	190 - 240 m (−600 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	154.892
• Density	1,273/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	0xxxxx
Area code	+40 269
Car Plates	SB
Website	www.sibiu.ro

Sibiu (IPA [si'biw], German: Hermannstadt, Hungarian: Nagyszeben) is a city in Transylvania, Romania. About 170,000 people live there. The Cibin River, a tributary of the Olt River flows through the city. It is the capital of Sibiu County.

Twinned towns

• Bauru, Brazil since 1995.
• Columbia, Missouri, USA since 1994.
• Deventer, Netherlands since 2007.
• Klagenfurt, Austria since 1990.
• Landshut, Germany since 2002.
• Marburg, Germany since 2005.
• Mechelen, Belgium since 1996.
• Rennes, France since 1999.
• Valencia, Venezuela since 1993.
• Wirral, UK since 1994.

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