Oltenia

Oltenia is a region of . It consists of the counties of Dolj, Gorj, Vâlcea, Olt and Mehedinţi.
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with 306,000 inhabitants, is one of the five largest cities of . is in the southwestern region of the country and hosts the administrative buildings of the Dolj County and of the Oltenia district.

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is a city in . Located in the south-central part of the country, in the historical province of Oltenia, it is the seat of and its main urban settlement. According to the 2021 Romanian census, it has a population of 93,151.

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is a border city in the Oltenia region of , on the left bank of the , opposite Kladovo on the side. It's close to the famous Iron Gates gorge on the Danube and the Iron Gate I dam/hydroelectric power station, which also serves as a bridge between the two countries.

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is a city in Oltenia, . 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.

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is the capital and the largest city in Olt County, Oltenia, . 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.

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is a city in , southern , in the region of Oltenia. It lies on the river , opposite the Bulgarian city of , to which it is linked by the Calafat-Vidin Bridge, opened in 2013.

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is a town located in , Oltenia, . It administers six villages: Ifrimești, Râmești, Romanii de Jos, Romanii de Sus, Tănăsești, and Urșani.

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, often known as Călimănești-Căciulata, is a town in , southern . It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia and the northern part of the county, on the traditional route connecting the region to , and at the southern end of the valley crossing the .

Oltenia

  • Type: Region
  • Description: historical province and geographical region of Romania
  • Also known as: “A̱da̱dei Valahya”, “Banat von Krajowa”, “Banat von Severin”, “Klein-Walachije”, “Küçük Eflak”, “Lesser Walachia”, “Lesser Wallachia”, “Lilla Valakiet”, “Lille Valakia”, “Little Walachia”, “Oltania”, “Oltenie”, “Petite-Valachie”, “Piccola Valacchia”, “Țara Ilaut”, “Valacchia Cesarea”, “Valacchia Minore”, “Vesle-Valakia”, “Μικρά Βλαχία”, “Мала Влашка”, “Малая Валахия”, “ולאכיה הקטנה”, “소왈라키아”, and “小ワラキア”
  • Categories: historical region and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
44.4491° or 44° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude of center
23.8688° or 23° 52′ 8″ east
Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2563285709
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
671834
Wiki­data 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: “Oltènia”
  • Chinese: “奥尔特尼亚”
  • Chinese: “奧爾特尼亞”
  • Croatian: “Oltenija”
  • Czech: “Olténie”
  • Danish: “Oltenien”
  • Dutch: “Oltenië”
  • Estonian: “Olteenia”
  • Finnish: “Oltenia”
  • French: “Olténie”
  • Galician: “Oltenia”
  • Georgian: “ოლტენია”
  • German: “Kleine Walachei”
  • Greek: “Ολτενία”
  • Hebrew: “אולטניה”
  • Hungarian: “Olténia”
  • Ido: “Oltenia”
  • Indonesian: “Oltenia”
  • Italian: “Oltenia”
  • Japanese: “オルテニア”
  • Korean: “올테니아”
  • Macedonian: “Олтенија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oltenia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oltenia”
  • Norwegian: “Oltenia”
  • Ossetian: “Олтени”
  • Polish: “Oltenia”
  • Portuguese: “Oltênia”
  • Romanian: “Oltenia”
  • Russian: “Олтения”
  • Serbian: “Oltenija”
  • Serbian: “Олтенија”
  • Sicilian: “Oltenia”
  • Slovak: “Malé Valašsko”
  • Slovenian: “Oltenija”
  • Spanish: “Oltenia”
  • Swedish: “Oltenien”
  • Turkish: “Oltenya”
  • Tyap: “Oli̱teniya”
  • Ukrainian: “Олтенія”
  • Urdu: “اولٹینیا”
  • Venetian: “Oltènia”

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