Craiova

Craiova
Coat of arms
Location of Craiova
Coordinates: 44°20′N 23°49′E / 44.333°N 23.817°E / 44.333; 23.817
Country	Romania
County	Dolj County
Status	County capital
Government
• Mayor	Antonie Solomon (Democratic Party)
Area
• City	81.4 km2 (31.4 sq mi)
Population  (2006), 302.622(as in January 2007)[1]
• City	302.622
• Density	3,717/km2 (9,630/sq mi)
• Metro	400,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.primariacraiova.ro/

Craiova (/kra'jo.va/), the fifth largest Romanian city,^[2] is the capital of Dolj County. It is on the east side of the Jiu River. This is in the central part of Oltenia.

Sister cities

• Kuopio, Finland
• Nanterre, France
• Shiyan, People's Republic of China
• Skopje, North Macedonia
• Vratza, Bulgaria
• Lyon, France
• Uppsala, Sweden

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Craiova.

This short article about Europe can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.