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Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- County
- Olt
- Mayor 2024 2028
- Ion Doldurea ( PSD )
- Area
- 69.64 km (26.89 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 95 m (312 ft)
- Population 2021 12 01
- 27,403
- Density
- 393.5/km (1,019/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Area code
- (+40) 02 49
- Vehicle reg
- OT
- Website
- www .primariacaracal .ro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Romania
- Official name
- Caracal
- Country
- Principality of Wallachia
- Population
- 27403
- Area
- 72.000000
- Elevation
- 95.000000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.primariacaracal.ro
- Image
- RO OT Caracal national theatre.jpg
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- historical region
- Oltenia
- topic's main category
- Category:Caracal, Romania
- Commons category
- Caracal, Romania
- postal code
- 235200
- twinned administrative body
- Montana
- located in/on physical feature
- Oltenia
- native label
- Caracal
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Caracal, Romania
- phone number
- +40-249513773
- street address
- STR. Piata Victoriei nr.10, Caracal, jud. Olt
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1538-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Caracal ( Romanian pronunciation: [kaˈrakal] ) is a city in Olt County, Romania, situated in the historic region of Oltenia, on the plains between the lower reaches of the Jiu and Olt rivers. The region's plains are well known for their agricultural specialty in cultivating grains and over the centuries, Caracal has been the trading center for the region's agricultural output. Caracal has a population of 27,403 and is the second largest city in the region.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caracal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.