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Ploieşti

Ploiești (Romanian pronunciation: [ploˈjeʃtʲ]; older spelling: Ploești) is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located 56 km (35 mi) north of Bucharest.
As of 2011 census data, Ploiești has a population of 197,542(9th most populous city in Romania), while the proposed Ploiești metropolitan area would have a population of 262,457.
Ploiesti is also called the 'Capital of the black gold', beeing an old oil procesing center and having today 4 refineries.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploiești

Recent city comments:

  • Strand dorobantu, mma (guest) wrote 3 years ago:
    Fostul strand
  • Pasaj denivelat CF, MariusM wrote 4 years ago:
    Podul cu trei guri
  • Scoala Nicolae Simache, MariusM wrote 9 years ago:
    nr. 8
  • Scoala Generala Nr 23 Ploiesti "Andrei Muresanu", Mihail Pitesteanu (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    http://www.scoalaandreimuresanuploiesti.ro
  • Scoala Generala Nr 23 Ploiesti "Andrei Muresanu", Tiberiu Alexe wrote 10 years ago:
    a school with poorly trained teachers, unqualified and the manager showed a crass lack of professionalism
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44°55'56"N   26°1'52"E
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