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Bucharest, the capital and largest city in the Central European country of Romania, is on the Dambovita River, which eventually flows into the Danube.

The root of the word Bucharest is bucur, meaning “glad”, “joy”.

The first mention of Bucharest in 1459 as the residence of Vlad III the Impaler, better known as Dracula.

Notable people associated with Bucharest include Mircea Eliade, John Houseman, Kwame Nkrumah, ...

Budapest, the largest city and capital of Hungary, became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the 1873 unification of right (west)-bank Buda and Óbuda with left (east)-bank Pest.

The area was settled by Celts before 1 AD, the Romans first colonized the area to use the thermal springs, a feature that the Ottoman Empire made famous with Turkish baths. The area was also headquarters for Attila the Hun, invaded by Tatars, held by the Germans in WWII and heavily damaged in bombing raids.

Regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, Budapest is headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

Famous people associated with Budapest: Bela Bartok, Gabor Sisters, Andrew Grove, Theodore Herzl, Harry Houdini, Zoltan Kodaly, Arthur Koestler, Nicholas Kurti, Franz Liszt, László Moholy-Nagy, John von Neumann, Felix Salten, Charles Simony, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Edward Teller, Maria Telkes, Raoul Wallenberg.

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after Sao Paulo.

Buenos Aires is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent.

The original name Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire (“City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds”), gave way to the short form “Buenos Aires” during the 17th century.

FYI ~ a street in Buenos Aires is named for Aimé Bonpland.

Bujumbura, the capital, largest city, and main port of the country of Burundi, is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. Most of the country's chief exports, coffee, cotton, skins, and tin ore, ship from Bujumbura.