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Dolj County

Craiova

Craiova with 306,000 inhabitants, is one of the five largest cities of . Craiova is in the southwestern region of the country and hosts the administrative buildings of the Dolj County and of the district.
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  • Type: City with 270,000 residents
  • Description: city in Dolj County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Croiova” and “Krajowa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ion Oblemenco Stadium and Art Museum.

Stadium
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The 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.

Museum
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The Craiova is an in the city of Craiova, , Romania. The museum is housed in the Constantin Mihail Palace, built from 1898 to 1907 according to the plans of French architect Paul Gottereau.

Prison
is a prison located in Craiova, Romania. The prison was originally located outside the city, but was later included within its boundaries.

Craiova

Latitude
44.319° or 44° 19′ 9″ north
Longitude
23.7966° or 23° 47′ 48″ east
Population
270,000
Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)
IATA airport code
CRA
United Nations Location Codes
RO CRA and RO CRV
Open location code
8GP58Q9W+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 390384649
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
680332
Wiki­data ID
Q168057
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Craiova” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Craiova”
  • Albanian: “Craiova”
  • Albanian: “Krajova”
  • Arabic: “كرايوفا”
  • Armenian: “Կրայովա”
  • Asturian: “Craiova”
  • Azerbaijani: “Krayova şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Krayova”
  • Bashkir: “Крайова”
  • Basque: “Craiova”
  • Belarusian: “Краёва”
  • Bengali: “ক্রাইওভা”
  • Breton: “Craiova”
  • Bulgarian: “Крайова”
  • Catalan: “Craiova”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Craiova”
  • Chechen: “Крайова”
  • Chinese: “克拉約瓦”
  • Chinese: “克拉约瓦”
  • Chinese: “卡拉奧華”
  • Croatian: “Craiova”
  • Czech: “Craiova”
  • Czech: “Krajova”
  • Danish: “Craiova”
  • Dutch: “Craiova”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرايوفا”
  • Esperanto: “Craiova”
  • Esperanto: “Krajovo”
  • Estonian: “Craiova”
  • Finnish: “Craiova”
  • French: “Craiova”
  • Georgian: “კრაიოვა”
  • German: “Craiova”
  • German: “Krajowa”
  • Greek: “Κραιόβα”
  • Greek: “Κραϊόβα”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રેઓવા”
  • Hebrew: “קראיובה”
  • Hebrew: “קריובה”
  • Hindi: “कराईओवा”
  • Hungarian: “Craiova”
  • Ido: “Craiova”
  • Indonesian: “Craiova”
  • Interlingue: “Craiova”
  • Irish: “Craiova”
  • Italian: “Craiova”
  • Italian: “Craïova”
  • Japanese: “クライオヴァ”
  • Japanese: “クライオバ”
  • Japanese: “クライヨヴァ”
  • Japanese: “クラヨーヴァ”
  • Japanese: “クラヨヴァ”
  • Japanese: “クラヨバ”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರಿಯಾವೊ”
  • Korean: “크라이오바”
  • Latin: “Craiova”
  • Latin: “Pelendava”
  • Latvian: “Craiova”
  • Latvian: “Krajova”
  • Lithuanian: “Krajova”
  • Luxembourgish: “Craiova”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Craiova”
  • Macedonian: “Крајова”
  • Malay: “Craiova”
  • Maltese: “Craiova”
  • Marathi: “क्रेओवा”
  • Minangkabau: “Craiova”
  • Moksha: “Крайова”
  • Mongolian: “Крайова хот”
  • Mongolian: “Крайова”
  • Narom: “Craiova”
  • Northern Frisian: “Craiova”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Craiova”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Craiova”
  • Norwegian: “Craiova”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Craiova”
  • Ossetian: “Крайовæ”
  • Persian: “کرایووا”
  • Persian: “کقئوا”
  • Polish: “Craiova”
  • Polish: “Krajowa”
  • Portuguese: “Craiova”
  • Pushto: “کرايووا”
  • Pushto: “کرایووا”
  • Romanian: “Craiova”
  • Russian: “Крайова”
  • Rusyn: “Краёва”
  • Scots: “Craiova”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Craiova”
  • Serbian: “Craiova”
  • Serbian: “Krajova”
  • Serbian: “Крајова”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Craiova”
  • Sicilian: “Craiova”
  • Silesian: “Craiova”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රයෝවා”
  • Slovak: “Craiova”
  • Slovenian: “Craiova”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرایووا”
  • Spanish: “Craiova”
  • Swedish: “Craiova”
  • Tajik: “Krajova”
  • Tajik: “Крайова”
  • Tamil: “கிரையோவா”
  • Tatar: “Крайова”
  • Telugu: “కరాయిఓవా”
  • Thai: “กรายอวา”
  • Thai: “คราโยวา”
  • Turkish: “Craiova”
  • Turkish: “Krayova”
  • Tyap: “Craiova”
  • Tyap: “Ki̱rayova”
  • Ukrainian: “Крайова”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Craiova”
  • Urdu: “کرایووا”
  • Venetian: “Craiova”
  • Veps: “Kraiov”
  • Vietnamese: “Craiova”
  • Vlax Romani: “Craiova”
  • Volapük: “Craiova”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Craiova”
  • Welsh: “Craiova”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرائیؤوا”
  • Wu Chinese: “克拉约瓦”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡拉奧華”
  • “Craiova”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Craiova”. Photo: Ștefan Jurcă, CC BY 2.0.