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Ploieşti

Romania / Prahova / Ploiesti /
 city, municipality
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
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Coordinates:   44°55'56"N   26°1'52"E

Comments

  • adam (guest)
    ploiesti is a nice city,but the reds made it to look like a comunist city in some sides of it
  • costin ceciu (guest)
    here took place Operation Tidal Wave in WW2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tidal_Wave
  • florins
    How can you call Ploiesti "a Bucharest suburb", when it is the capital of a county and it has such a huge range of industries and it's own suburbs? See the "suburb" definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb. Do we wish to be precise on Wikimapia and make it an useful info website, or just make another joke's website?
  • bibelan
    I've resized the polygon, the old one was too streched. Now it follows more accurate the shape of the administrative area of the city as stated on the maps approved by The National Agency of Cadastre and Land Registration.
  • guest0 (guest)
    norc.ro (select ploiesti)
  • Mizil
    Frumos oraș :) în centru e ca un oraș european,la periferie ești la țară :)) oraș al contrastelor ...
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