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