Potelu

Potelu is a village in , and has about 1,560 residents. Potelu is situated nearby to the village .
  • Type: Village with 1,560 residents
  • Description: village in Olt County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Potelu, Olt” and “Potelul”
  • Postal code: 237216

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dăbuleni and Gorni Vadin.

Town
Photo: MSClaudiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of , , . It was declared a town in 2004. One village, Chiașu, is administered by the town. is known for the sandy areas surrounding it; since the 1980s, those areas have become part of an 800 km2 desert, known as the Oltenian Sahara. is situated 10 km northwest of Potelu.

Village
Photo: Огнян Георгиев, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 10 km south of Potelu.

Potelu

Latitude
43.76605° or 43° 45′ 58″ north
Longitude
24.2023° or 24° 12′ 8″ east
Population
1,560
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
8GM6Q682+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 444647441
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
669766
Wiki­data ID
Q12142848
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Potelu” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Потелу”
  • Cebuano: “Potelu”
  • Chechen: “Потелу”
  • Dutch: “Potelu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پوتيلو”
  • French: “Potelu”
  • Italian: “Potelu”
  • Polish: “Potelu”
  • Romanian: “Potelu, Olt”
  • Romanian: “Potelu”
  • Serbian: “Потелу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Potelu, Ianca”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Potelu”
  • Tatar: “Потелу”
  • Ukrainian: “Потелу (Олт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Потелу (Янка, Олт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Потелу”

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