or BOUCHAREST, a city in the district of Ilfov, and the capital of the province of Wallachia. It is situated on a fine and extensive plain, upon the banks of the Dumbowitz, which falls into the Danube above the fortress of Silistra. It is the seat of a Greek archbishop, and contains sixty churches of that communion, and also twenty monasteries. It is an ill-built town, the streets being paved with trees, and excessively filthy. There is a Greek college, with twelve professors and two hundred and sixty students. There are some manufactures, and considerable domestic trade. The inhabitants are stated to be between 50,000 and 60,000. Long. 27. 2. 10. E. Lat. 44. 26. 45. N.