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Craiova (/ k r ə ˈ j oʊ v ə /, also US: / k r aɪ ˈ oʊ v ə, k r ɑː ˈ j ɔː v ɑː, k r ɑː ˈ j oʊ v ɑː /, [4] [5] [6] Romanian: ⓘ) is the largest city in southwestern Romania, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia.
The Craiova Group (Quadrilateral), Craiova Four, or C4 is a cooperation project of four European states – Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia – for the purposes of furthering their European integration as well as economic, transport and energy cooperation with one another.
Ethnic and religious makeup of Southern Dobruja as of 1930. The Treaty of Craiova finally crystallized in a return to the 1912 borders. The southern part of the Dobruja, which had been conquered by Romania during the Second Balkan War, [2] was returned to Bulgaria and assumed for Romania the loss of a territory with an area of 7,142 km 2 (2,758 sq mi) and a population of which ethnic Romanians ...
Craiova International Airport (IATA: CRA, ICAO: LRCV) is located in the south-western part of Romania, 7 km (4.3 mi) east [3] of Craiova municipality, one of Romania's largest cities. The airport area is the headquarters of Avioane Craiova (formerly known as IRAv Craiova), the company which built the Romanian IAR-93 and IAR-99 aircraft.
Craiova metropolitan area is a metropolitan area, founded on 11 February 2009, and formed by Craiova and other 23 other nearby communities. The population of this area is 356,544. [1] As defined by Eurostat, the Craiova functional urban area has a population of 325,499 residents (as of 2015). [2]
The electric locomotives employed by Romanian Railways-CFR and built by Electroputere Craiova are known as EA-type and were originally based on the license of the Swedish company ASEA. [20] All are built for standard gauge (1435 mm) and run using a catenary wire at 50 Hz 25 kV AC. Older electric locomotives are painted in grey livery, while ...
The Botanical Garden of Craiova was founded in 1952 at the initiative and under the guidance of prof. Alexandru Buia (1911–1964). All started when on August 29, 1952, the park "November 7 - Fountain Jianu" (the ground) was assigned to the Agronomic Institute of Craiova (today part of the University of Craiova) in order to start the creation of the future Botanical Garden.
The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania. It is in the immediate vicinity of the new Sala Polivalentă . The ground is named after Ion Oblemenco (1945–1996), a legendary player and coach of Universitatea Craiova .