Ploiești

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	Location of Ploieşti Location of Ploieşti
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 44°56′24″N 26°1′48″E / 44.94000°N 26.03000°E
Country	Romania
County	Prahova County
Status	County seat
Government
• Mayor	Andrei Volosevici (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area
• City	58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• City	232,527
• Density	3,990/km2 (10,300/sq mi)
• Metro	327,923
• Jan. 1, 2006	250,541
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.ploiesti.ro/

Ploieşti is the county seat. of Prahova County. It can be found in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. About 232,500 people were living in Ploieşti as of the year 2002.

Sister cities

These are the sister cities of Ploieşti:

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Columbia Aquila refinery burning after the raid of B-24 Liberator bombers, Operation Tidal Wave, in 1943
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The A3 motorway links Ploiești with Bucharest, 60 km (37 mi) to the south.
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The City hall, formerly the headquarters of Petrom, a Romanian oil company and the largest corporation in the country
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A trolleybus in Ploiești in 2021
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The Palace of Culture, Ploieşti, Romania
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Teleajen River in Prahova County
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Fantana arteziana de la ceas
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Ploiești metropolitan area
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Stratigraphic column of Eastern Carpathians and Moesian Platform
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Cross Section of Carpathian Bend

↑ "Radom - Miasta partnerskie" [Radom - Partnership cities]. Miasto Radom [City of Radom] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Radom - miasta partnerskie" (in Polish). radom.naszestrony.pl. Archived from the original on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Location of Ploieşti Location of Ploieşti
Coordinates: Coordinates: 44°56′24″N 26°1′48″E / 44.94000°N 26.03000°E / 44.94000; 26.03000
Country	Romania
County	Prahova County
Status	County seat
Government
• Mayor	Andrei Volosevici (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area
• City	58.2 km² (22.5 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• City	232,527
• Density	3,990/km² (10,300/sq mi)
• Metro	327,923
• Jan. 1, 2006	250,541
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.ploiesti.ro/