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Welcome !

On behalf of my staff and the citizens of Targu-Jiu I would like to welcome you to the City Hall's home on the web.  Dating back to 1597, Targu-Jiu has a unique history and a rich culture that we invite you to experience.  From Brancusi’s world famous sculptures to International Folk Festivals, and the backdrop of the spectacular Carpathian Mountians, Targu-Jiu has much to offer. With several important initiatives and projects underway we look toward the future with optimism as our city continues to grow. We grant you an invitation to come see for yourself and experience all that is Targu-Jiu.


For Visitors

With world famous sculptures from the genius of modern sculpture, Constantin Brancusi, as well as other famous pieces, Targu-Jiu is very much the "City of Sculpture."  Every year artists from around the world come to town for the annual sculpture camp. 

 

Targu-Jiu is also blessed with great natural beauty including the spectacular

Carpathian Mountains that frame the city in the north.  Museums, monasteries,

a state of the art theater, and unique architecture complete what is a very vibrant, beautiful city.

 

The city also boasts a busy entertainment calendar including International Folk Festivals, Beer Festivals, and the annual “Targu-Jiu Days.”

 

There is much to see and do in Targu-Jiu and so we invite you to visit and experience the beauty and hospitality of the city for yourself.

 		  

Geography

Romania is in southeast Europe and is slightly smaller than Oregon. The Carpathian Mountains divide Romania's upper half from north to south and connect near the center of the country with the Transylvanian Alps, running east and west. North and west of these ranges lies the Transylvanian plateau, and to the south and east are the plains of Moldavia and Walachia. In its last 190 mi (306 km), the Danube River flows through Romania only. It enters the Black Sea in northern Dobruja, just south of the border with Ukraine.

Government and general           informations

Goverment: Republic.

President: Traian Basescu (2007)

Prime Minister: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu (2004)

Current government officials

Land area: 88,934 sq mi (230,339 sq km); total area: 91,699 sq mi (237,500 sq km)

Population (2007 est.): 22,276,056 (growth rate: –0.1%); birth rate: 10.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.6/1000; life expectancy: 71.9; density per sq mi: 250

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper)

Other large cities: Iasi, 320,000; Cluj-Napoca, 316,400; Timisoara, 316,100; Constanta, 309,000; Craiova, 301,100, Galati, 297,100; Brasov, 282,500

Monetary unit: Leu

Languages: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

Ethnicity/race: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma (Gyspy) 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002)

Religions: Romanian Orthodox 87%, Protestant 8%, Roman Catholic 5%, Islam and other (2002)

Literacy rate: 98% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $186.7 billion; per capita $8,400. Real growth rate: 4.5%. Inflation: 8.6%. Unemployment: 5.5%. Arable land: 39%. Agriculture: wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep. Labor force: 9.31 million; agriculture 31.6%, industry 30.7%, services 37.7% (2004). Industries: textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining. Natural resources: petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower. Exports: $27.72 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products. Imports: $38.15 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, basic metals, agricultural products. Major trading partners: Italy, Germany, France, Turkey, UK, Russia (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 3.777 million (1997); mobile cellular: 645,500 (1999). Radio broadcast stations: AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998). Radios: 7.2 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995). Televisions: 5.25 million (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 38 (2000). Internet users: 1 million (2002).

Transportation: Railways: total: 11,385 km (3,888 km electrified) (2002). Highways: total: 198,603 km; paved: 98,308 km (including 113 km of expressways); unpaved: 100,295 km (2000). Waterways: 1,724 km (1984). Ports and harbors: Braila, Constanta, Galati, Mangalia, Sulina, Tulcea. Airports: 65 (2002).

History

Most of Romania was the Roman province of Dacia from about A.D. 100 to 271. From the 3rd to the 12th century, wave after wave of barbarian conquerors overran the native Daco-Roman population. Subjection to the first Bulgarian Empire (8th–10th century) brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to the Romanians. In the 11th century, Transylvania was absorbed into the Hungarian empire. By the 16th century, the main Romanian principalities of Moldavia and Walachia had become satellites within the Ottoman Empire, although they retained much independence. After the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, they became Russian protectorates. The nation became a kingdom in 1881 after the Congress of Berlin.

At the start of World War I, Romania proclaimed its neutrality, but it later joined the Allied side and in 1916 declared war on the Central Powers. The armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, gave Romania vast territories from Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, doubling its size. The areas acquired included Bessarabia, Transylvania, and Bukovina. The Banat, a Hungarian area, was divided with Yugoslavia. King Carol II was crowned in 1930 and transformed the throne into a royal dictatorship. In 1938, he abolished the democratic constitution of 1923. In 1940, the country was reorganized along Fascist lines, and the Fascist Iron Guard became the nucleus of the new totalitarian party. On June 27, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. King Carol II dissolved parliament, granted the new prime minister, Ion Antonescu, full power, abdicated his throne, and went into exile.

Romania subsequently signed the Axis Pact on Nov. 23, 1940, and the following June joined in Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, reoccupying Bessarabia. About 270,000 Jews were massacred in Fascist Romania. Following the invasion of Romania by the Red Army in Aug. 1944, King Michael led a coup that ousted the Antonescu government. An armistice with the Soviet Union was signed in Moscow on Sept. 12, 1944. A Communist-dominated government bloc won elections in 1946, Michael abdicated on Dec. 30, 1947, and in 1955 Romania joined the Warsaw Treaty Organization and the United Nations.

Running a neo-Stalinist police state from 1967–1989, Nicolae Ceausescu wound the iron curtain tightly around Romania, turning a moderately prosperous country into one at the brink of starvation. To repay his $10 billion foreign debt in 1982, he ransacked the Romanian economy of everything that could be exported, leaving the country with desperate shortages of food, fuel, and other essentials. An army-assisted rebellion in Dec. 1989 led to Ceausescu's overthrow, trial, and execution.

An ex-Communist, Ion Iliescu of the National Salvation Front, served as president from 1990–1995. Emil Constantinescu of the Democratic Convention Party was president from 1996–2000. The post-Communist governments' conflicted and halfhearted attempts to change to a free-market economy have been largely unrealized. Growing dissatisfaction with the government's inefficiencies and economic policies led to a wave of protests by workers, students, and others that peaked in 1997, and again in 1999. In 2000 former president Iliescu returned to power with a landslide victory, easily defeating a xenophobic nationalist opponent. Discrimination against the Magyars (ethnic Hungarians) and the Roma (Gypsies) continues, fueled by several ultranationalist political parties.

Romania joined NATO in 2004, and in 2005 the EU approved the entry of Romania in 2007. Final acceptance into the EU was based on a number of reforms, including increased law enforcement and environmental measures and the protection of the rights of the Roma minority.

In April 2007, Parliament voted to suspend President Traian Basescu, citing abuse of power. Tension had been growing between Basescu and the government of Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu. The president of the Senate, Nicolae Vacaroiu, was named acting president. In a May referendum, 74% of the electorate voted against impeaching Basescu, and he was reinstated as president. Observers saw the vote as an endorsement of Basescu's agenda of reform and rooting out corruption.

 

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