| Dăbuleni | |
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| — Town — | |
  Dăbuleni
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| Coordinates: 44°24′0″N 23°31′12″E / 44.4°N 23.52°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Dolj County |
| Status | Town |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | |
| Population (2002) | |
| - Total | 13,888 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Dăbuleni is a town of Dolj County, known for the sandy areas surrounding it, since the 1980s have become part of an 80,000 hectares (800 km², 310 mi²) desert, known as the Oltenian Sahara. The town is the only place in Europe where an official Sand Museum exists. It was declared a town in 2004 (Law no. 83/2004). If the north part of the town is a desert, the south part, a Danube flooding area known as the "Mellon Kingdom", from which the "Dabuleni" melons, are famous in all Romania.
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