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PITESCI (Pitesti)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 665 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PITESCI (Pitesti) , also written PrTEST1 and PITEST, the See also:capital of the See also:department of Argesh, See also:Rumania; situated among the outlying hills of the Carpathians, on the See also:river Argesh, which is here joined by several smaller streams. Pop. (woo), 15,570. The surrounding uplands produce See also:good See also:wine, See also:fruit and See also:grain, besides being See also:rich in See also:petroleum and See also:salt; and, as the See also:main Walachian railway is met at Pitesci by lines from See also:Campulung and Hermannstadt in Transylvania, the See also:town has a consider-able See also:trade. It has manufactures of See also:lacquer and See also:varnish.

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