Ploesti

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Ploesti is a major Romanian city historically known for its oil industry and strategic refineries, especially during World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ploesti canonical 1
Ploiești oil refineries 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
coordinateLatitude 44.95 N
coordinateLongitude 26.02 E
country Romania
distanceFromBucharest approximately 60 km north
governedBy Ploiești City Hall NERFINISHED
hasAreaCode +40 244
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCulturalInstitution Clock Museum NERFINISHED
Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED
Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalRole major oil supplier in World War II
hasIndustry chemical industry
manufacturing
oil refining
hasMayor local elected official of Ploiești
hasNickname capital of black gold
hasPopulation over 200000 inhabitants
hasPostalCodeRange 100xxx
hasSportsTeam FC Petrolul Ploiești NERFINISHED
hasStadium Ilie Oană Stadium NERFINISHED
hasUniversity Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești NERFINISHED
isCountySeatOf Prahova County NERFINISHED
isMajorCityOf Romania NERFINISHED
knownFor World War II strategic importance
oil industry
petrochemical industry
petroleum refineries
languageUsed Romanian
locatedIn Prahova County NERFINISHED
historical region of Wallachia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
locatedNear Carpathian Mountains foothills NERFINISHED
partOf European Union urban network NERFINISHED
servedBy Ploiești Nord railway station NERFINISHED
Ploiești Sud railway station NERFINISHED
Ploiești Vest railway station NERFINISHED
traversedBy DN1 national road NERFINISHED
twinnedWith Akçakoca NERFINISHED
Hafar Al-Batin NERFINISHED
Harbin NERFINISHED
Kavala NERFINISHED
Pleven NERFINISHED
Radom NERFINISHED
wasBombedBy United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED
wasBombedDuring World War II NERFINISHED
wasTargetOf Operation Tidal Wave NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

target of World War II oil bombing raids hasAlternateSpelling Ploesti
subject surface form: Ploiești
Ploesti raid target Ploesti
this entity surface form: Ploiești oil refineries