Calafat
Calafat is a city in Dolj County, southern Romania, in the region of Oltenia. It lies on the river Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Vidin, to which it is linked by the Calafat-Vidin Bridge, opened in 2013.
- Type: City with 18,500 residents
- Description: city in Dolj County, Romania
- Also known as: “カラファトゥ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: New Europe Bridge and Port of Calafat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antimovo.
Calafat
- Categories: municipality of Romania, border city, port city, and locality
- Location: Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.9943° or 43° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
22.9337° or 22° 56′ 1″ east
Population
18,500
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
UN/LOCODE
RO CAF
Open location code
8GM4XWVM+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Calafat” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Calafat”
- Arabic: “كالافات”
- Armenian: “Կալաֆատ”
- Basque: “Calafat”
- Belarusian: “Калафат”
- Bengali: “কালাফাত”
- Bulgarian: “Калафат”
- Catalan: “Calafat”
- Cebuano: “Calafat”
- Cebuano: “Municipiul Calafat”
- Chinese: “卡拉法特”
- Croatian: “Calafat”
- Danish: “Calafat”
- Dutch: “Calafat”
- Esperanto: “Calafat”
- Estonian: “Calafat”
- Finnish: “Calafat”
- French: “Calafat”
- Galician: “Calafat”
- German: “Calafat”
- Greek: “Καλαφάτ”
- Gujarati: “કેલાફેટ”
- Hebrew: “קאלאפאט”
- Hebrew: “קלאפאט”
- Hindi: “कलाफत”
- Hungarian: “Calafat”
- Indonesian: “Calafat”
- Interlingue: “Calafat”
- Irish: “Calafat”
- Italian: “Calafat”
- Japanese: “カラファート”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಲಫಾಟ್”
- Korean: “칼라파트”
- Latin: “Calafat”
- Latvian: “Kalafata”
- Lithuanian: “Kalafatas”
- Malay: “Calafat”
- Marathi: “कॅलाफॅट”
- Minangkabau: “Calafat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calafat”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Calafat”
- Norwegian: “Calafat”
- Persian: “کلفه”
- Polish: “Calafat”
- Portuguese: “Calafat”
- Romanian: “Calafat”
- Russian: “Калафат”
- Serbian: “Kalafat”
- Serbian: “Калафат”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Calafat, Dolj”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Calafat”
- Sinhala: “කලෆට්”
- South Azerbaijani: “کلفه”
- Spanish: “Calafat”
- Swedish: “Calafat”
- Tajik: “Kalafat”
- Tajik: “Калафат”
- Tamil: “காலபாட்”
- Telugu: “కలాఫాట్”
- Thai: “เอล คาลาฟาเต้”
- Turkish: “Calafat”
- Turkish: “Kalafat”
- Ukrainian: “Калафат”
- Urdu: “کالافات”
- Vietnamese: “Calafat”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Calafat”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mogador and Гриндури.
Oltenia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Craiova and Râmnicu Vâlcea.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.