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Târgu Jiu
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city in Gorj County, Romania
Târgu Jiu is a city located in Gorj County in Romania. It is notable as a regional economic and cultural center in the southwestern part of the country.
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Vinony's link graph records 577 inbound references to Târgu Jiu, and connects out to Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brâncuși at Târgu Jiu, Jiu River and roads in Romania.
The entry is geolocated on the map in RO.
It is catalogued under topics including Capitals of Romanian counties, Cities in Romania and Localities in Oltenia.
Vinony links it to 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Târgu Jiu
- Country
- Principality of Wallachia
- Located in
- Gorj County
- Population
- 26634
- Area
- 161.000000
- Elevation
- 268.000000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Gorj County
- Official website
- www.targujiu.ro
- Image
- Primăria Târgu Jiu.JPG
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- Commons category
- Târgu Jiu
- topic's main category
- Category:Târgu Jiu
- contains settlement
- Ursați
- twinned administrative body
- Forbach
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Târgu Jiu
- postal code
- 210101–210260
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Târgu Jiu
- located in/on physical feature
- Oltenia
- native label
- Târgu Jiu
- owner of
- Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu
- phone number
- +40-253213317
- street address
- B-dul Constantin Brâncuşi, nr. 19
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- population by native language
- 25
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P12749
- Kat
- inception
- 1406-11-23
- historical region
- Oltenia
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Encyclopedic overview
Târgu Jiu ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtɨrɡu ˈʒiw], is the capital of Gorj County in the Oltenia region of Romania. It is situated on the Southern Sub-Carpathians, on the banks of the river Jiu. Eight localities are administered by the city: Bârsești, Drăgoieni, Iezureni, Polata, Preajba Mare, Romanești, Slobozia, and Ursați.
The city is noted for the Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brâncuși, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Târgu Jiu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.