Alexandria, Romania

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Alexandria
Coat of arms
Alexandria in Teleorman County
Alexandria Alexandria in Teleorman County
Coordinates: 43°58′7″N 25°20′0″E / 43.96861°N 25.333333°E / 43.96861; 25.333333Coordinates: 43°58′7″N 25°20′0″E / 43.96861°N 25.333333°E / 43.96861; 25.333333
Country	Romania
County	Teleorman County
Status	County capital
Government
• Mayor	Victor Drăgusin (Social Democratic Party)
Population (2011)
• Total	42,129
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.alexandria.ro/

Alexandria (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandri.a] ( listen)) is the capital city of the Teleorman County, Romania. It is located south-west of Bucharest, towards the Bulgarian border. The city is situated on the Vedea River. The city has 42,129 inhabitants.

Alexandria in 1900

Its population in 1900 was 1,675. Its chief trade is in grain, dispatched by rail to the Danubian port of Zimnicea, or by river to Giurgiu. Alexandria was named after its founder, Alexandru II Ghica, prince of Romania from 1834 to 1842.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

v t e County seats of Romania (alphabetical order by county) Alba Iulia • Arad • Piteşti • Bacău • Oradea • Bistriţa • Botoşani • Braşov • Brăila • Buzău • Reşiţa • Călăraşi • Cluj-Napoca • Constanţa • Sfântu Gheorghe • Târgovişte • Craiova • Galaţi • Giurgiu • Târgu Jiu • Miercurea Ciuc • Deva • Slobozia • Iaşi • Buftea • Baia Mare • Drobeta-Turnu Severin • Târgu Mureş • Piatra Neamţ • Slatina • Ploieşti • Satu Mare • Zalău • Sibiu • Suceava • Alexandria • Timișoara • Tulcea • Vaslui • Râmnicu Vâlcea • Focşani Bucharest (national capital)

v t e Teleorman County, Romania Cities Alexandria (county seat) Roşiorii de Vede Turnu Măgurele Towns Videle Zimnicea Communes Băbăiţa Balaci Beciu Beuca Blejeşti Bogdana Botoroaga Bragadiru Brânceni Bujoreni Bujoru Buzescu Călineşti Călmăţuiu Călmăţuiu de Sus Cervenia Ciolăneşti Ciuperceni Conţeşti Cosmeşti Crângeni Crângu Crevenicu Dideşti Dobroteşti Dracea Drăcşenei Drăgăneşti de Vede Drăgăneşti-Vlaşca Fântânele Frăsinet Frumoasa Furculeşti Gălăteni Gratia Islaz Izvoarele Lisa Liţa Lunca Măgura Măldăeni Mârzăneşti Mavrodin Mereni Moşteni Nanov Năsturelu Necşeşti Nenciuleşti Olteni Orbeasca Peretu Piatra Pietroşani Plopii-Slăviteşti Plosca Poeni Poroschia Purani Putineiu Rădoieşti Răsmireşti Săceni Saelele Salcia Sârbeni Scrioaştea Scurtu Mare Seaca Segarcea-Vale Sfinţeşti Siliştea Siliştea Gumeşti Slobozia Mândra Smârdioasa Stejaru Ştorobăneasa Suhaia Talpa Tătărăştii de Jos Tătărăştii de Sus Ţigăneşti Traian Trivalea-Moşteni Troianul Uda-Clocociov Vârtoape Vedea Viişoara Vităneşti Zâmbreasca

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