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Municipalities of Romania Towns of Romania. This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. [1] For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals.
Galați is a port town on the Danube River. [8] [9] and the sixth largest of all cities on the Danube river. According to the 2021 census it is the 8th most populous city in Romania. [3] [10] Galați is an economic centre based around the port of Galați, the naval shipyard, and the largest steel factory in Romania, Galați steel works.
The Olt River flows east to west on the north side of the city; its left tributary, the Berivoi River, discharges into the Olt on the west side of the city, after receiving the waters of the Racovița River. The Berivoi and the Racovița were used to bring water to a since-closed major chemical plant located on the outskirts of the city. [4]
Major rivers of Romania Hydrographical map of Romania. ... River name Length of the river (km) Drainage area (km 2) Water resources (mil. m 3 /year) [1] Danube: 1,075
Illustration of the walled city prior to the 1689 fire Germans living in Brașov were mainly involved in trade and crafts. The location of the city at the intersection of trade routes linking the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe , together with certain tax exemptions, allowed Saxon merchants to obtain considerable wealth and exert a strong ...
The Argeș (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river in Southern Romania, a left tributary of the Danube. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is 350 km (220 mi) long, and its basin area is 12,550 km 2 (4,850 sq mi). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its source is in the Făgăraș Mountains , in the Southern Carpathians and it flows into the Danube at Oltenița .
The major cities directly linked by trains to this city are Bucharest via a night train, and Cluj-Napoca via several trains. Access from Bistrița to major railway lines is generally through connections in Dej, Beclean, or Reghin, although some other trains stop at the nearby railway junction of Sărățel.
Bucharest's public transport system is the largest in Romania and one of the largest in Europe. It is made up of the Bucharest Metro , run by Metrorex , as well as a surface transport system run by STB ( Societatea de Transport București , previously known as the RATB), which consists of buses, trams , trolleybuses , and light rail .