Turnu-Severin

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Turnu-Severin is a city in southwestern Romania on the Danube River, known historically as a strategic port and border town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
administrativeStatus municipality of Romania
borderedBy Danube
surface form: Danube River
borderFunction Danube river crossing point
climate continental climate
country Romania
countrySubdivision Mehedinți County
governingBody local city council
hasEconomicActivity industry
river trade
services
hasFeature port facilities
riverfront
hasFunction regional economic center
transport hub
hasHistoricalFunction customs town
frontier fortress
hasNameVariant Drobeta-Turnu Severin
hasRole border town
strategic port
hasTransport highway connections
railway connections
river port
historicalRegion Wallachia
surface form: Lesser Wallachia
isCountySeatOf Mehedinți County
isLocatedOnContinent Europe
isPortOn Danube
surface form: Danube River
languageMajority Romanian
locatedIn Mehedinți County
locatedInPartOfCountry southwestern Romania
locatedInRegion Oltenia
locatedNearBorderWith Bulgaria
Serbia
locatedOn Iron Gates section of the Danube
locatedOnRiver Danube
surface form: Danube River
nearbyInfrastructure Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station
Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
usesCurrency Romanian leu

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Alexander Löhr placeOfBirth Turnu-Severin