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Alexandria was named after its founder, Alexandru D. Ghica, Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842. Its population in 1900 was 1,675. Its population in 1900 was 1,675. Grain, which was Alexandria's main trade at the time, was dispatched both by rail to the Danubian port of Zimnicea and by river to Giurgiu.
Expressways only have a narrow 1.5 m gravel roadside on the right side, added to the 0.5 m asphalted road edges, and may not have acceleration and deceleration lanes in mountainous areas. [6] The maximum allowed speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph) (80 km/h (50 mph) during poor conditions), while expressways have a maximum speed limit of 120 km/h ...
Print/export Download as PDF ... The Giurgiu is a left tributary of the river Bâsca Mic ... Its length is 6.5 km (4.0 mi) and its basin size is 16.2 km 2 (6.3 sq mi ...
Posidonius calculated the Earth's circumference by reference to the position of the star Canopus.As explained by Cleomedes, Posidonius observed Canopus on but never above the horizon at Rhodes, while at Alexandria he saw it ascend as far as 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 degrees above the horizon (the meridian arc between the latitude of the two locales is actually 5 degrees 14 minutes).
Vedea is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Vedea. It is composed of a single village, Vedea. It also included the village of Malu until 2003, when it was split off to form Malu Commune.
Comana is a commune in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Comana, Vlad Țepeș, Budeni, Falaștoaca, and Grădiștea. The commune is approximately 32 km (20 mi) south of Bucharest. Comana Monastery is located in the commune, as is the Comana Nature Park, the largest protected area in southern Romania.
The segment was part of the construction contract for the first section of the A1 motorway sector between Lugoj and Deva, [5] and is operational since December 2013. [6] The rest of the project has been in pre-feasibility phase since October 2012, as the South Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Sudului), and the precise route is yet to be decided. [7]
Călugăreni is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Brăniștari, Călugăreni, Crucea de Piatră, Hulubești, and Uzunu. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of 53 m (174 ft), on the banks of the Neajlov River and its right tributaries, the Câlniștea and the Iordana.