Slatina, Romania
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| Coordinates: 44°25′47″N 24°21′51″E / 44.42972°N 24.36417°ECoordinates: 44°25′47″N 24°21′51″E / 44.42972°N 24.36417°E | ||
| Country |  Romania |
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| County | Olt County | |
| Status | County capital | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Darius Bogdan Vâlcov (Democratic Liberal Party) | |
| Population (2002) | ||
| • Total | 79,171 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | http://www.primariaslatina.ro/ | |
Slatina (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈslatina], Bulgarian: Слатина) is the capital city of Olt County, Romania, on the river Olt.
The city administers one village, Cireaşov.
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History [edit]
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1912 | 9,825 | — |
| 1930 | 11,243 | +14.4% |
| 1948 | 13,136 | +16.8% |
| 1956 | 13,381 | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 19,250 | +43.9% |
| 1977 | 44,892 | +133.2% |
| 1992 | 85,168 | +89.7% |
| 2002 | 79,171 | −7.0% |
| 2011 | 63,524 | −19.8% |
| Source: Census data | ||
The town of Slatina was first mentioned on January 20, 1368 in an official document issued by Vladislav I Vlaicu, Prince of Wallachia. The document stated that merchants from the Transylvanian city of Braşov would not pay customs when passing through Slatina. The word Slatina is of Slavic origin, stemming from Slam-tina, "salted land" or "salty water".
Economy [edit]
Alro Slatina, the largest aluminum producing factories in Southeastern Europe, is located in the city. Other companies based in Slatina include ALPROM (which, like ALRO, is a subsidiary of VIMETCOGROUP), Altur (engine set manufacturer), Pirelli Tires Romania (tire-manufacturer), Cord Romania (steel cord for tires), TMK Artrom (seamless steel tubes), Prysmian (electronic and electric wires and cables) and Benteler.
One of the oldest private businesses in Romania is the Slatina-based pastry shop La atletul albanez ("The Albanian Athlete").[1]
Sport [edit]
There is an association football club in Slatina, Alro Slatina, that plays in Liga II (the second league of Romania).
The city is also home to KZN Slatina, a women's team handball club which plays in the second handball league of Romania.
Notable natives [edit]
- Eugen Ionescu - playwright
- Ion Minulescu- poet, writer and journalist
- Nicolae Titulescu - diplomat, Foreign Affairs minister and President of League of Nations
- Spiru Vergulescu - painter
- Claudiu Niculescu - football player
- Ionel Danciulescu - football player
- Iulian Filipescu - football player
- Ovidiu Burcă - football player
- Razvan Rat - football player
- Monica Niculescu - tennis player
- Aurelia Brădeanu - handball player
- Adriana Ţăcălie - handball player
- Mihaela Smedescu - handball player
- Nicoleta Dincă - handball player
- Larisa Popa - Miss Universe Romania 2011
References [edit]
- ^ (Romanian) "Atletul albanez al halviţei cu bragă" ("The Albanian Athlete of Nougat and Boza"), in Gândul, April 12, 2006
External links [edit]
Media related to Slatina, Olt at Wikimedia Commons
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