A municipiu (from Latin municipium) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania, roughly equivalent to city in some English-speaking countries. This status is given to towns that are quite large and urbanized. There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipiu, even though it applies to localities which have a sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities which do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as towns (oraşe), or if they are not urban areas, as communes (comune). Cities are governed by a mayor. There are no official administrative subdivisions of cities, even though, unofficially, municipalities may be divided into quarters/districts (cartiere in Romanian). The exception to this is Bucharest, which has a status similar to that of a county, and is officially subdivided into six administrative sectors.

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Here is a list of the largest cities in Romania:

v t e Largest cities or towns of Romania 2011 Census[1]
	Rank	City name	County	Pop.	Rank	City name	County	Pop.
Bucharest Cluj-Napoca	1	Bucharest	Bucharest	1,677,985	11	Brăila	Brăila	168,389	Timișoara Iaşi
	2	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj	309,136	12	Piteşti	Argeş	148,264
	3	Timișoara	Timiş	303,708	13	Arad	Arad	147,992
	4	Iaşi	Iaşi	263,410	14	Sibiu	Sibiu	137,026
	5	Constanţa	Constanţa	254,693	15	Bacău	Bacău	133,460
	6	Craiova	Dolj	243,765	16	Târgu Mureş	Mureş	127,849
	7	Galaţi	Galaţi	231,204	17	Baia Mare	Maramureş	114,925
	8	Braşov	Braşov	227,961	18	Buzău	Buzău	108,384
	9	Ploieşti	Prahova	197,542	19	Botoşani	Botoşani	100,899
	10	Oradea	Bihor	183,123	20	Satu Mare	Satu Mare	94,948

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Romania

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The status was not used between 1950 and 1968, so that cities granted it prior to 1950 had it reassigned in 1968.

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