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Bărădin
Municipality, county and commune
Țvinger Castle seen from Ulița Regală
85px Coat of arms
Country	Antharia
• Province	Vallaquia Province
• County	Template:Bărădin County
• Commune	Bărădin Commune
Ethnic Groups (2011)	82,6% Romanish 7,9% Moldavian 4.2% Eganian
Demonym	Borodynian (in)) bărădean, bărădeancă (ro)
Government
• Mayor	Dumitru Stărăian (PNL)
• Party	PNL
Area
• City	287.8 km2 111.1 sq mi
• Urban	1,208.76 km2 466.62 sq mi
Elevation	165-349 m (541-1145 ft)
Population
• Estimate (2017)	4,450,000
• Density	15,462/km2
Postal Code	0xxxx
Website	baradin.an

Bărădin (/bərə'din/, Ingerish: Borodyn; Eganian: Borodyna; Iviran: בורודין; Surian: Бороди́но; Gaerman: Waradein) is the capital, the most populous and the biggest municipality in Antharia with an estimated population of 4,450,000 (2017) on 287.8 km² (111.1 sq mi). The wider Bărădin metropolitan area (zonă urbană de Bărădin) is a polycentric metropolitan region which comprises the city of Bărădin, its conurbation and extended suburbs, towns and villages, as well as the municipality of Nădrăcin. It extends over 1,208.8 km² (466.6 sq mi) in central Vallaquia and has approximately 7,6 million inhabitants.

Bărădin is located in the northern section of the Bărăgan plain, near the Bărădina river, in the center of both the country and Vallaquia province. The Bărădin Municipality is bordered by the counties Chotin, Borogan, Arczel and Lapushna. The city's land is generally flat, the highest point being at 349 m (1145 ft) above sea level. As the capital city of Antharia, seat of government and residence of the retired Antharian monarch, Bărădin is also the political, economic and cultural center of the country. The current mayor is Dumitru Stărăian from the National Liberal Party (PNL).

Since the 18th century, Bărădin has been one of Uletha's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, being the intersection of different Ulethan cultural directions: Garlian and Pretanic, Eganian, Slevic and Western Romantian (Ispelian, Darcordian).

Etymology

Borodyn and its Kremlin in 1698, Kalmish copper engraving

The Romanish name Bărădin has a unverified origin. In Romano-Slevic, the word stem borod means "pine wood", which might be connected to the large pine woods which used to cover the Romanish lands.

Other etymologies are given by early scholars like the Garlian traveler and writer Aureol Decmus, who said in 1667 that Bărădin was named after "Abor-Adin", the leader of the nomad tribe "Baba-Kureish" in the 4th century AD. In 1833, the Antharian historian Wilhelm Șvabach claimed that Bărădin, called Varadinum in Romantian, origins in the Estian words vár (castle, citadel) or várad (-ad is an Estian suffix in names of settlements).

A native or resident of Borodyn is called a "Borodynian" (Romanish: bărădean/bărădeancă).

Neighborhoods

Climate

Provinces and counties in Antharia

Budshak Province Bercea-Izvoare • Dragea • Ivireana • Năsăud • Vlașca-Sighet Quadrilateral Province Abalia • Anția • Attika • Callatis • Ciprineea • Kaliakra • Karaiman • Reci • Turtukaia Dalbatria Province Buzagia • Calabași • Târnava Mare • Târnava Mică Pollonia Province Caraș • Muscel • Piatra • Șapte Sate Quartia Province Romanați • Torontal • Turdava Vallaquia Province Almaș • Arțel • Bărădin • Bărăgan • Hotin • Lăpușna • Storogineț • Șapirio • Trei Scaune