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Suceava (pronunciation in Romanian: /su'ʧěa.va/; German: Suczawa, Ukrainian: Сучава, Yiddish: שאָץ Shots) is a municipality-status city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. Population - 108,735 (July 2002).
Geography
The city is located in the north-eastern Romania. There are two types of geographical regions on which the city was built - the hills (the highest point is the Zamca Hill) and the meadows of the Suceava River. The unusual configuration of Suceava City includes two groves - Zamca and Şipote regions - which are both located in the city limits. Burdujeni, one of the neighbourhoods of Suceava, is connected to the rest of the city through an avenue, so Burdujeni is more like a satellite town of Suceava.
History
The name is of Hungarian origin, being derived from Szűcsvár which means "Town on the skin-workers", this etymology being given in Dimitrie Cantemir's Descriptio Moldaviae.
The city of Suceava was the capital of the first centralized state of Moldavia (between 1359 and 1565) under the rule of Bogdan I, Petru Muşat and Ştefan cel Mare. During the rule of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, the capital is moved to Iaşi.
It was then under the rule of the Austrian Empire (1775-1918), the border of the empire passing near the South-Eastern edge of the city.
At the end of WWI Suceava is incorporated in Greater Romania.
Ways to spend time
In the past few years Suceava started to evolve more rapidly, but even so it remains a small, dreary city. Tourists can visit the Museum of History, Hanul Domnesc, Cetatea de Scaun (fortress), Muzeul Satului, the Planetarium, the Museum of Natural Science and, in the vicinity of the city, a few monasteries, lakes, woods and the floral reservation of Bosanci. The Saint George's Church of Suceava is one of the seven Painted churches of northern Moldavia included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
There are also a few hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars in the city (mostly in the center area), but in Suceava there is no night life, as very few places remain open during night.