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Călărași
—  County capital  —
Bucharest Road
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Capşa Provinciei
Location of Călăraşi
Coordinates: 44°12′N 27°20′E / 44.2°N 27.333°E / 44.2; 27.333Coordinates: 44°12′N 27°20′E / 44.2°N 27.333°E / 44.2; 27.333
Country	Romania
County	Călăraşi County
Status	County capital
Government
• Mayor	Nicolae Dragu (UNPR)
Population (2007)
• Total	73,823
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Twin cities
• Naples	Italy
• Rivery	France
• Royal Palm Beach	United States
• Hengyang	China
Website	http://www.municipiu.ro

Călărași (Romanian pronunciation: [kələˈraʃʲ]), the capital of Călărași County and Sud-Muntenia Region in the Wallachia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the bank of Danube's Borcea branch, at about 12 kilometers from the Bulgarian border and 125 kilometers from Bucharest.

The city is an industrial center for lumber and paper, food processing, glass manufacturing, textiles, medical equipment production and heavy industry. The city is known colloquially as "Capşa provinciei" (the Capşa from the provinces).^[1]

Population[link]

The 1900 census indicated 11,024 inhabitants.

In 2002, Călăraşi had a population of 70,039, with 95.86% of them declaring themselves as being Romanians and 3.45% Roma. Călăraşi, along with Silistra are making a conurbation that counts almost 220,000 inhabitants. The surrounding Romanian area of Călăraşi (Modelu; Ostrov; Roseţi; Grădiştea; Cuza-Vodă; Lipniţa and Ştefan Vodă) is reaching a population of almost 110,000 inhabitants.

History[link]

The site of a prehistoric village, Călăraşi was created by Wallachian princes as a station on the route to Istanbul, operated by horseback riders (the călăraşi). It expanded into a small town, and in 1834 became the surrounding country's capital.

Transportation[link]

Călăraşi is connected by DN3, DN21, DN31 and DN3B. Also A2 ("The Sun's Motorway") has 3 exits for Călăraşi, at Lehliu Gară (about 50 km NW), Dragalina (about 30 km N) and Feteşti (about 40 km NE). The city lies on the seventh pan-European corridor of transport(the Danube river) and is next to the fourth pan-European transport corridor(Dresden–Constanța) at 26 km (16.16 mi).

Climate[link]

The climate is continental with a year average temperature of 11.3 °C (52 °F). The lowest temperature ever recorded in Călăraşi was −30 °C (−22 °F) on January 9, 1938 and the highest was 41.4 °C (107 °F) on August 10, 1957.

Sports[link]

The city is currently represented by FC Dunărea Călăraşi in the Romanian Liga III soccer league. Sala Sporturilor (Călăraşi)

Notable natives[link]

• Ştefan Bănică, Sr. (actor, singer)

International relations[link]

Twin towns — Sister cities[link]

Călăraşi is twinned with:

• Rivery
• Naples
• Royal Palm Beach
• Hengyang
• Zajecar
• Călăraşi
• Levy
• Silistra

References[link]

Notes

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v t e Călărași County, Romania Cities Călăraşi (county seat) Oltenița Towns Budești Fundulea Lehliu Gară Communes Alexandru Odobescu Belciugatele Borcea Căscioarele Chirnogi Chiselet Ciocăneşti Crivăţ Curcani Cuza Vodă Dichiseni Dor Mărunt Dorobanţu Dragalina Dragoş Vodă Frăsinet Frumuşani Fundeni Gălbinaşi Grădiştea Gurbăneşti Ileana Independenţa Jegălia Lehliu Luica Lupşanu Mânăstirea Mitreni Modelu Nana Nicolae Bălcescu Perişoru Plătăreşti Radovanu Roseţi Săruleşti Sohatu Spanţov Şoldanu Ştefan cel Mare Ştefan Vodă Tămădău Mare Ulmeni Ulmu Unirea Vâlcelele Valea Argovei Vasilaţi Vlad Ţepeş

v t e County seats of Romania (alphabetical order by county) Alba Iulia • Arad • Piteşti • Bacău • Oradea • Bistriţa • Botoşani • Braşov • Brăila • Buzău • Reşiţa • Călăraşi • Cluj-Napoca • Constanţa • Sfântu Gheorghe • Târgovişte • Craiova • Galaţi • Giurgiu • Târgu Jiu • Miercurea Ciuc • Deva • Slobozia • Iaşi • Bucharest • Baia Mare • Drobeta-Turnu Severin • Târgu Mureş • Piatra Neamţ • Slatina • Ploieşti • Satu Mare • Zalău • Sibiu • Suceava • Alexandria • Timișoara • Tulcea • Vaslui • Râmnicu Vâlcea • Focşani Bucharest (national capital)

Ruxandra Dragomir

Ruxandra Dragomir at the 2011 BCR Open Romania Ladies
Country	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1972-10-24) October 24, 1972 (age 39) Piteşti, Romania
Height	1.68 m (5' 61⁄4")
Weight	57.5 kg (127 lbs.)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$1,861,426
Singles
Career record	290–233
Career titles	4 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (August 25, 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1997, 1998)
French Open	QF (1997)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)
US Open	2R (1994, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	216–197
Career titles	7 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21 (September 8, 1997)

Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born October 24, 1972 in Piteşti) is a retired female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world. She is currently the president of Romanian Tennis Federation.^[1]

WTA Tour Titles(9)[link]

Singles(4)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1996	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Melanie Schnell	7–6(8–6), 6–1
2.	1996	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
3.	1996	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(7–4), 6–4
4.	1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Miriam Oremans	5–7, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (5)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Partnering	Surface	Opponents	Score
1.	1994	Palermo, Italy	Laura Garrone	Clay	Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni	6–1, 6–0
2.	1995	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Mariaan de Swardt	Clay	Kerry-Anna Guse Patricia Hy-Boulais	6–3, 7–5
3.	1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Karina Habšudová	Clay	Eva Martincová Helena Vildová	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
4.	1997	Warsaw, Poland	Inés Gorrochategui	Clay	Catherine Barclay Meike Babel	6–4, 6–0
5.	2001	's-Hertogenbosch	Nadia Petrova	Grass	Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–4

Single Performance Timeline[link]

References[link]

• Ruxandra Dragomir at the International Tennis Federation

External links[link]

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• Ruxandra Dragomir at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ruxandra Dragomir at the International Tennis Federation
• Ruxandra Dragomir at the Fed Cup

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Dan George Spătaru (Romanian pronunciation: [dan spəˈtaru]; October 2, 1939 in Aliman, Constanţa County – September 8, 2004 in Bucharest) was a Romanian singer. He was famous for his song "Drumurile". He was the "Julio Iglesias" of Romania, according to many.^[who?]

Career[link]

Before singing, he wanted to be a sports coach. However, he never got to be one due to a lumbar disability.

He started his singing career in 1966, at the "Mamaia" Festival. In 1969, he wrote his first hit "Trecea fanfara militară" (The Military Band Was Passing By). Subsequently he became famous in Romania with other songs such as: "De vrei să ştii ce înseamnă", "Dragu mi-i de ţara mea", "Drum bun", "Drumurile", "În rândul patru", "Măicuţă, îţi mulţumesc", "Nimic nu e prea mult", "Nu vreau să plângi", "Prietene", "Să cântăm, chitara mea", "Spune-mi, mama ce mai face", "Spune-mi unde, spune-mi cine", "Ţărăncuţă, ţărăncuţă", "Te-am iubit, Mario", "Te-aşteaptă un om".^[1]

He died of a heart attack. He was buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.

References[link]

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