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PLOESCI (Ploescii)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 849 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLOESCI (Ploescii) , the See also:capital of the See also:department of Prahova, See also:Rumania; at the See also:southern entrance of a valley among the Carpathian foothills, through which flows the See also:river Prahova; and at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Buzeu, See also:Bucharest and Hermannstadt in Transylvania. Pop. (1goo), 42,687. As the name Ploesci (pluviena, See also:rainy) implies, the See also:climate is moist. The surrounding hills are See also:rich in See also:petroleum, See also:salt and See also:lignite. There are cardboard factories, roperies, tanneries and oil See also:mills. Ploesci possesses See also:schools of See also:commerce and of arts and crafts, several See also:banks, and many synagogues and churches, including the Orthodox See also:church of St See also:Mary, built in 1940 by See also:Matthew See also:Bassarab.

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