Pocruia

Pocruia is a village in , and has about 1,110 residents. Pocruia is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tismana Monastery and Tismana Hydroelectric Power Station.

Church
Photo: Alexandru Ene, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
is a church, which is situated 4 km north of Pocruia.

Building
Tismana Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on the Motru River situated in . The project was started in 1979 and finished in 1982 and it was made up by the construction of an arched concrete dam 48 m high which was equipped with two vertical turbines, the hydropower plant having an installed capacity of 106 MW.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sohodol and Celei.

Village
Photo: Bogdan salaj, CC BY 2.5.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Pocruia.

Village
Photo: Dahn, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Pocruia.

Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Pocruia.

Pocruia

Latitude
45.04483° or 45° 2′ 41″ north
Longitude
22.92455° or 22° 55′ 28″ east
Population
1,110
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Open location code
8GQ42WVF+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 460201144
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
670355
Wiki­data ID
Q12141725
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Pocruia” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pocruia”
  • Chechen: “Покруя”
  • Dutch: “Pocruia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پوكرويا”
  • French: “Pocruia”
  • German: “Pocruia”
  • Romanian: “Pocruia, Gorj”
  • Romanian: “Pocruia”
  • Serbian: “Покруја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pocruia, Tismana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pocruia”
  • Tatar: “Покруя”
  • Ukrainian: “Покруя (Горж)”
  • Ukrainian: “Покруя (Тісмана, Горж)”
  • Ukrainian: “Покруя”

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