Ramnicu Valcea Valcea county seat; important economic and cultural center of the country, is situated in the central-southern part of Romania, respectively at the confluence of the Olt and Olanesti.
Located at the intersection of parallel 45 ° 07 'north latitude 24 ° meridian 22'21 "east longitude, halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, the city is in full temperate zone, with the most favorable climatic conditions for the development of human life. On the same latitude longer: Torino (Italy), Bordeaux (France), Minneapolis (USA), The Crimea and the Volga Delta. Ramnicu Valcea is located in Subcarpatii Getici, 18 km from Olt in the river valley, and forms a confluence with the hook Olanesti NS orientation. The maximum width of the floodplain is 2.5km to the north, in the center of 1,9km and 2km in the southern region. Ramnicu Valcea has an area of ??6,221 ha and with suburban village Goranu amounted to 8.866 ha. The city borders the following locations: common Bujoreni (N), municipalities Daesti and Golesti (NE), Bude?ti (E), the town Ocnele (V), common Mihaesti (SV) and common Vladesti (NV).
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