Alexandria, Romania

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Alexandria (ro) is the capital city of the Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located south-west of Bucharest, towards the Bulgarian border, and has over 40,000 inhabitants. The 44th parallel north passes just north of the city.

Geography

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Alexandria is situated in the middle of the Wallachian Plain, on the banks of the Vedea River. It is located in the central part of Teleorman County, at a distance of Template:Cvt from Giurgiu and Template:Cvt from Bucharest.

The city is traversed by the national road DN6, which links Bucharest to the Banat region in western Romania; the road is part of European route E70. The Alexandria train station serves the CFR Line 909, with service towards Roșiorii de Vede (to the northwest) and Zimnicea (to the south, on the Danube). Template:Weather box

History

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Alexandria was named after its founder, Alexandru D. Ghica, Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842. Its population in 1900 was 1,675. Grain, which was Alexandria's main trade at the time, was dispatched both by rail to the Danubian port of Zimnicea and by river to Giurgiu.[1]

In 1989, the city had over 63,000 inhabitants and more than six large factories. The 2021 census puts the population at 40,390.[2]

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Education

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There are four high schools in Alexandria: the Alexandru D. Ghica National College, the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Theoretical High School, the Mircea Scarlat National Pedagogical College and the Constantin Noica Theoretical High School.

In 1897, the Ștefan cel Mare School moved from its former location to 310 Libertății Street; a local entrepreneur, M. Frangulea, obtained the plot and hired renowned architect Alexandru Săvulescu to build the new boys' primary school for the city.[3]

Religion

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The Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman is a diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its see is Saint Alexander Cathedral [ro] in Alexandria and its ecclesiastical territory covers Teleorman County.

Sports

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CSM Alexandria is a football club founded in 1948; it plays in the Romanian Liga III. CS Universitatea Alexandria is a women's football club founded in 2012. Stadionul Municipal, which holds 5,000 people, is the home ground for both clubs; the stadium is currently undergoing reconstruction.[4] The Alexandria women's basketball team plays in the Liga Națională.

Natives

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References

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  1. ↑   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alexandria". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 572.
  2. ↑ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ↑ "Școala cu clasele I–VIII, "Ștefan cel Mare" Alexandria". scoala-stefancelmare.ro (in Romanian). Alexandria, Romania: Ștefan cel Mare School. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stadion nou în Teleorman: Alexandria va avea o arena de nivel european". ziare.com (in Romanian). February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
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