South-West Oltenia
Sud-Vest Oltenia or South-West Oltenia is a subdivision of Romania. It is one of the eight development regions and NUTS-2 statistical regions as defined under the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region with 2,080,000 residents
- Description: development region of Romania
- Also known as: “Sud-Vest”, “Sud-Vest (development region)”, and “Sud-Vest Oltenia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ion Oblemenco Stadium and Art Museum.
Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Rowley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ion Oblemenco Stadium is a football stadium in Craiova, Romania. The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania.
Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Transcedentalia, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
The Craiova Art Museum is an art museum in the city of Craiova, Oltenia, Romania. The museum is housed in the Constantin Mihail Palace, built from 1898 to 1907 according to the plans of French architect Paul Gottereau.
Craiova railway station
Railway station
Photo: Baditastefan, CC BY 2.5.
Craiova railway station is an important terminus in the south of Romania and the main station in the region of Oltenia. The railway station was inaugurated in 1875.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craiova and Braniște.
Craiova
Photo: Ștefan Jurcă, CC BY 2.0.
Craiova with 306,000 inhabitants, is one of the five largest cities of Romania. Craiova is in the southwestern region of the country and hosts the administrative buildings of the Dolj County and of the Oltenia district.
Braniște
Village
Photo: Ionutp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Braniște is a village, which is situated 7 km south of South-West Oltenia.
Preajba
Village
Photo: Radu.popa, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Preajba is a village, which is situated 8 km south of South-West Oltenia.
South-West Oltenia
- Category: development region of Romania
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“South-West Oltenia” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sud-Vest Oltenia”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёва-заходні рэгіён развіцця Румыніі”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёва-заходні рэгіён разьвіцьця Румыніі”
- Chinese: “西南部發展地區”
- Dutch: “Sud-Vest Oltenia”
- French: “Région de développement Sud-Ouest-Olténie”
- French: “Région de développement Sud-Vest”
- German: “Südwestrumänien-Oltenia”
- Greek: “Νοτιοδυτική περιφέρεια Ρουμανίας”
- Hungarian: “Délnyugat-romániai fejlesztési régió”
- Ido: “Developo-regiono Sud-Westo”
- Italian: “Regione di sviluppo Sud-Vest Oltenia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Utviklingsregion Sud-Vest Oltenia”
- Polish: “Region Południowo-zachodni”
- Polish: “Region Południowo-Zachodni”
- Romanian: “Regiunea de dezvoltare Sud-Vest Oltenia”
- Russian: “Юго-западный регион развития Румынии”
- Spanish: “Sud-Vest (Región de desarrollo)”
- Spanish: “Sud-Vest”
- Turkish: “Sud-Vest”
- Urdu: “جنوبی-مغربی”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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