Oltenia
Oltenia is a region of Romania. It consists of the counties of Dolj, Gorj, Vâlcea, Olt and Mehedinţi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Craiova and Râmnicu Vâlcea.
Craiova
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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.
Râmnicu Vâlcea
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Râmnicu Vâlcea is a city in Romania. Located in the south-central part of the country, in the historical province of Oltenia, it is the seat of Vâlcea County and its main urban settlement. According to the 2021 Romanian census, it has a population of 93,151.
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
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Drobeta-Turnu Severin is a cute small town on the banks of the Danube in the Oltenia region of Romania.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Târgu Jiu and Slatina.
Târgu Jiu
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Târgu Jiu is a city in Oltenia, Romania. It is a very old city and has had a strong tradition of mining, until 1998 when most mines were closed. It is the birthplace of the famous sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, and some of his earliest works can be admired here.
Slatina
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Slatina is the capital and the largest city in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town is in southern Romania, on the left bank of the Olt River, in the contact area between the Getic Plateau and the Wallachian Plain.
Calafat
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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.
Călimănești
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Călimănești, often known as Călimănești-Căciulata, is a town in Vâlcea County, southern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia and the northern part of the county, on the traditional route connecting the region to Transylvania, and at the southern end of the Olt River valley crossing the Southern Carpathians.
Horezu
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Horezu is a town located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Ifrimești, Râmești, Romanii de Jos, Romanii de Sus, Tănăsești, and Urșani.
Oltenia
- Type: Region
- Description: historical province and geographical region of Romania
- Also known as: “Lesser Walachia”, “Lesser Wallachia”, “Little Walachia”, “Oltania”, and “Piccola Valacchia”
- Categories: historical region and locality
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of center
44.4491° or 44° 26′ 57″ northLongitude of center
23.8688° or 23° 52′ 8″ eastElevation
186 metres (610 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2563285709OpenStreetMap feature
place=regionGeoNames ID
671834Wikidata ID
Q208629
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Oltenia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أولتينيا”
- Armenian: “Օլթենիա”
- Basque: “Oltenia”
- Belarusian: “Алтэнія”
- Bulgarian: “Олтения”
- Catalan: “Oltenia”
- Catalan: “Oltènia”
- Chinese: “奥尔特尼亚”
- Chinese: “奧爾特尼亞”
- Croatian: “Oltenija”
- Czech: “Oltenie”
- Czech: “Olténie”
- Danish: “Oltenien”
- Dutch: “Klein-Walachije”
- Dutch: “Oltenie”
- Dutch: “Oltenië”
- Estonian: “Olteenia”
- Finnish: “Oltenia”
- French: “Oltenie”
- French: “Olténie”
- French: “Petite-Valachie”
- Galician: “Oltenia”
- Georgian: “ოლტენია”
- German: “Banat von Krajowa”
- German: “Banat von Severin”
- German: “Kleine Walachei”
- German: “Oltenia”
- German: “Oltenien”
- Greek: “Μικρά Βλαχία”
- Greek: “Ολτενία”
- Hebrew: “אולטניה”
- Hebrew: “ולאכיה הקטנה”
- Hungarian: “Olténia”
- Ido: “Oltenia”
- Indonesian: “Oltenia”
- Italian: “Oltenia”
- Italian: “Valacchia Cesarea”
- Italian: “Valacchia Minore”
- Japanese: “オルテニア”
- Japanese: “小ワラキア”
- Korean: “소왈라키아”
- Korean: “올테니아”
- Macedonian: “Олтенија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lille Valakia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oltenia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oltenia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vesle-Valakia”
- Norwegian: “Oltenia”
- Ossetian: “Олтени”
- Polish: “Oltenia”
- Portuguese: “Oltenia”
- Portuguese: “Olténia”
- Portuguese: “Oltênia”
- Romanian: “Oltenia”
- Romanian: “Ţara Ilaut”
- Romanian: “Țara Ilaut”
- Russian: “Малая Валахия”
- Russian: “Олтения”
- Serbian: “Oltenija”
- Serbian: “Мала Влашка”
- Serbian: “Олтенија”
- Sicilian: “Oltenia”
- Slovak: “Malé Valašsko”
- Slovenian: “Oltenija”
- Spanish: “Oltenia”
- Swedish: “Lilla Valakiet”
- Swedish: “Oltenia”
- Swedish: “Oltenien”
- Turkish: “Küçük Eflak”
- Turkish: “Oltenya”
- Tyap: “A̱da̱dei Valahya”
- Tyap: “Oli̱teniya”
- Ukrainian: “Олтенія”
- Venetian: “Oltènia”
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