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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Oltenița canonical 5

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Statements (41)

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

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Referenced by (5)

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

Battle of Oltenitza → location → Oltenița ⓘ
Ion Iliescu → placeOfBirth → Oltenița ⓘ
Argeș River → passesThrough → Oltenița ⓘ
Călărași County → hasMajorTown → Oltenița ⓘ