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OLTENITZA (Oltenita)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 92 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OLTENITZA (Oltenita) , a See also:town of See also:Rumania, on the Ieft See also:bank of the See also:river Argesh, 33 M. from its outflow into the See also:Danube, and at a See also:terminus of a See also:branch railway from See also:Bucharest. Pop. (19oo) 5801. The See also:principal See also:trade is in See also:grain, See also:timber (floated down the Argesh) and See also:fish. See also:Lake Greca, famous for its See also:carp, lies ro m. E. and has an See also:area of about 45 sq. m. Its See also:waters reach the Danube through a network of streams, marshes and See also:meres. Oltenitza is the See also:ancient Constantiola, which was the seat of the first bishopric established in See also:Dacia. In the See also:Crimean See also:War the See also:Turks forced the river at this point and inflicted heavy losses on the Russians.

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