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Nufarul (Hungarian: Tavirózsa) is a large "satellite" quarter (cartier in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
) on the eastern outskirts of Oradea
Oradea

Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in Crisana, Romania. The city proper has a population of 206,614 census; this does not include areas from the metropolitan area, outside the municipality; they bring the total urban area population to approximately 240,000....
, Bihor
Bihor

Bihor may mean:* Bihor County, in Romania* Bihor Mountains, in Romania* Bihor, Montenegro* Bihor , in Montenegro...
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
. Like all other "quarters" of Oradea, Nufarul does not have an official boundary, nor does it have a local government (being governed by the Municipality of Oradea).

The name Nufarul means water lily
Nymphaeaceae

Nymphaeaceae is a name for a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and Tropics around the world....
 in Romanian. The name for the quarter came from the fact, that, in this area, there are many water lilies, the area extending up until Baile Felix
Baile Felix

Baile Felix is a thermal spa resort near the commune of S?nmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country....
, the thermal
Thermal

A thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and an example of convection....
 resort, where there are beautiful lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
s with water lilies.

Infrastructure and services
Nufarul is termed a "satellite" quarter because it is located at the edge of the Oradea municipality and contains a range of infrastructure similar to Oradea city centre, including a transport hub, supermarkets and other commercial infrastructure, and high-density apartment blocks.

After the Oradea city centre (Centru) and Rogerius quarter
Rogerius

Rogerius can refer to the following things:It is the Latin form of the given name Roger, and was the name of several medieval figures.*Rogerius , a twelfth-century physician and surgeon from Salerno...
, it is the third-largest district for business in Oradea.






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Nufarul (Hungarian: Tavirózsa) is a large "satellite" quarter (cartier in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
) on the eastern outskirts of Oradea
Oradea

Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in Crisana, Romania. The city proper has a population of 206,614 census; this does not include areas from the metropolitan area, outside the municipality; they bring the total urban area population to approximately 240,000....
, Bihor
Bihor

Bihor may mean:* Bihor County, in Romania* Bihor Mountains, in Romania* Bihor, Montenegro* Bihor , in Montenegro...
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
. Like all other "quarters" of Oradea, Nufarul does not have an official boundary, nor does it have a local government (being governed by the Municipality of Oradea).

The name Nufarul means water lily
Nymphaeaceae

Nymphaeaceae is a name for a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and Tropics around the world....
 in Romanian. The name for the quarter came from the fact, that, in this area, there are many water lilies, the area extending up until Baile Felix
Baile Felix

Baile Felix is a thermal spa resort near the commune of S?nmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country....
, the thermal
Thermal

A thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and an example of convection....
 resort, where there are beautiful lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
s with water lilies.

Infrastructure and services


Nufarul is termed a "satellite" quarter because it is located at the edge of the Oradea municipality and contains a range of infrastructure similar to Oradea city centre, including a transport hub, supermarkets and other commercial infrastructure, and high-density apartment blocks.

After the Oradea city centre (Centru) and Rogerius quarter
Rogerius

Rogerius can refer to the following things:It is the Latin form of the given name Roger, and was the name of several medieval figures.*Rogerius , a twelfth-century physician and surgeon from Salerno...
, it is the third-largest district for business in Oradea. It is also one of the fastest growing areas in Bihor county in terms of development
International development

International development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development - the development of livelihoods and greater quality of life for humans....
 and foreign investment
Foreign investment

In finance, foreign investment is investment originating from other countries.See Foreign direct investment.See alsoReferences...
, due to its location on the E60 Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
-Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
 highway, the quarter being the first point of contact with Oradea when arriving from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca

, until 1974 Cluj, is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in north-western Transylvania. Geographically, it is roughly equally distant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade ....
 and other major Romanian cities.

A piece of trivia used as a sign of Nufarul's rise as an important centre for foreign investment is that the quarter was the location of the second McDonalds (McDrive) restaurant in the Municipality of Oradea.

However, despite having a wide range of infrastructure, Nufarul was, like Rogerius, built-up mainly during Romania's Communist period
Communist Romania

Communist Romania refers to the period in Romanian history when that country was a dictatorship led by the Romanian Communist Party, the sole legal party....
, which ended in 1989. For that reason, the quarter is said by many to lack the historical charm of central Oradea, instead being filled by planned and mostly unaesthetic Communist-era apartment blocks and buildings.

Transport


Nufarul is an important transport hub for the Oradea Transport Local
Oradea Transport Local

Regia Autonoma "Oradea Transport Local" or simply OTL is the municipality-owned public transport company in Oradea....
 network. The quarter is accessible by tram
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
 and bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 from the city centre, and is a terminus for one of the city's three tram lines, as well as various bus lines. It is also the gateway to Baile Felix
Baile Felix

Baile Felix is a thermal spa resort near the commune of S?nmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country....
, a well-known spa resort outside Oradea, with several shuttle bus connections to the resort.