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| Ploiesti City is located in the south of Romania, 60 Km North of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Ploiesti is the capital of Prahova County, and is located south of the Sub-Carpathian hills and northwest of the confluence point of two main rivers, Prahova and Teleajen. |
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The town was established first In 1597, and during the 17th and 18th centuries rapidly flourished as a centre for trade and handicraft manufacturing. The road connecting Ploiesti to Brasov opened in 1864, and the railway arrived in 1882. Many schools and hospitals were built around this time. Between the two World Wars, local industry was boosted by petroleum processing in particular. Major oil companies, most of them foreign, started operations in the city. In 1939, for instance, the 12 refineries of Ploiesti provide 80% of the total petroleum processed in Romania. During the World War II, refining installations underwent intense bombardments, the heaviest in the country, and most residential areas, industrial compounds, the road and railways were destroyed.
The city revitalized its industry after the war and became one of most important economic centres in Romania. The municipal economy is characterised by the concentration of large and very large businesses. The population of Ploiesti went from 56,460, as indicated by the December 1912 census returns, up to 252,715 in January 1992. At the end of the year 2001, the population was slightly reduced to 248,688. Ploiesti city (5,844 ha) is planned to become the nucleus of a metropolitan area which will count some 8 nearby villages, adding around 70,000 new inhabitants to the administrative area.
In 2002, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the Ploiesti Municipality Strategy for Sustainable Development was produced. |
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