Iancului

Iancului is the name of a district in Sector 2 situated in the northeastern part of

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, the capital of

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. ' is also the name of an

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in the same district, and has a connection to the Piața Iancului metro station. The name "Iancu" comes from a Romanian revolutionary,

Avram Iancu Avram Iancu (; ; 1824 – September 10, 1872) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire, Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especiall ...

. The main artery crossing the district is

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DN3; to the east of Piața Iancului, this is known as Pache Protopopescu Boulevard, and to the west it is known as Iancului Boulevard. The road intersects at Piața Iancului with Șoseaua Mihai Bravu. Districts of Bucharest {{Romania-geo-stub