Gala?i is a city in eastern Romania, on the banks of the Danube, very close to Braila. It has a population of appr. 400,000, making it Romania’s 7th largest city. The city has a large iron and steel plant (Sidex SA Galati, formerly state-owned and bought by Ispat in 2000), and the country’s largest shipyard. Gala?i has a university (The Dunarea de Jos (Lower Danube) University of Galati), founded 1948, given university status 1974, and a teacher-training college as well as a host of other educational and cultural institutions. Among these, the Vasile Alecsandri National College – ranks as the first pre-university level educational institution in Galati. Notable buildings include the 17th-century cathedral of St. George (Sfntu Georghe).
There was a peasant revolt in and around the city in 1907, which was crushed by the Romanian army, including then-Lieutenant Ion Antonescu.
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Sulina is a town in Romania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube.
Sulina is the only free port on the Danube, and is much used for the transhipment into seagoing vessels of grain which is brought down the river in large lighters from Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Austria-Hungary. No agricultural produce is grown in its neighborhood, owing to the reed-covered swamps with which it is surrounded. Sulina is the headquarters of the technical department of the European Commission of the Danube. Large steamers navigate up to Galati and Braila. In 1901, 1411 steamers and sailing craft
Ale?d (Hungarian: Élesd) is the largest town in Bihor county (Romania) after Oradea. It is located in the east of the county, near the border with Cluj county. It also lies on the national road running from Oradea to Cluj-Napoca and further west. Alesd has a population of around 12,000.
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Alesd is located on the main railway line between Oradea and Bucharest. Consequently, it is served by frequent rapid and intercity (IC) trains from Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest, Arad and Timisoara. From the destinations below, there are the following number of trains to Alesd daily:
Bucharest - 1 train daily
Budapest, Hungary -
Szolnok, Hungary -
Oradea
Buhu?i is a town in Bac?u county, eastern Romania with a population of 18,980 people (2002)
Bumbe?ti-Jiu is a town in Gorj county, Muntenia, Romania. As of 2004 a recent census gives a population of 10.596.
B?ile?ti is a town in the Dolj county, Oltenia, Romania, with a population of 20,081. The Romanian actor and comedian Amza Pellea was born here.
