Oltenița

E771753

Oltenița is a town in southern Romania on the banks of the Danube River, historically noted as the site of the Battle of Oltenitza during the Crimean War.

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Label Occurrences
Oltenița canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
areaCode +40 242
battleOccurredAt Battle of Oltenitza NERFINISHED
borderFeature Danube River frontier with Bulgaria NERFINISHED
climate humid continental climate
conflictContext Crimean War NERFINISHED
coordinateLocation 44.0833°N 26.6333°E
country Romania
crossesBorderWith Bulgaria (via Danube) NERFINISHED
dateOfEvent Battle of Oltenitza, November 1853 NERFINISHED
distanceTo approximately 60 km southeast of Bucharest
economicActivity agriculture
light industry
river transport
elevationAboveSeaLevel 17 metres
hasMunicipalStatus town
hasMuseum local history museum
hasNearbyConfluence confluence of Argeș and Danube
hasRailConnectionTo Bucharest NERFINISHED
hasReligiousBuilding Orthodox churches
historicallyNotedFor Battle of Oltenitza NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Lesser Wallachia (Oltenia and Muntenia area influence) NERFINISHED
isCountySeatOf Oltenița district (Călărași County) NERFINISHED
languageUsed Romanian
locatedIn Călărași County NERFINISHED
Muntenia NERFINISHED
southern Romania
locatedOnRiver Argeș River NERFINISHED
Danube NERFINISHED
locatedOpposite Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Tutrakan NERFINISHED
majorReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
partOf Wallachia NERFINISHED
population approximately 20,000 inhabitants
postalCode 915400
regionCode RO-CL
roadConnection DN31 (road to Călărași) NERFINISHED
DN4 (road to Bucharest) NERFINISHED
timeZone EET
timeZoneDST EEST
transport Danube river port

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Battle of Oltenitza location Oltenița
Ion Iliescu placeOfBirth Oltenița