Ploiești
capital of the county of Prahova, Romania
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Summary
Ploiești is a municipality of Romania[1]. Ploiești draws 2,113 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of romania category, ranking #17 of 102).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Prahova County[3]
- Country: Romania[4]
- Head of government: Mihai-Laurențiu Polițeanu[5]
- Instance of: capital of county in Romania[6], big city[7]
- Capital: Ploiești[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Oral[9], Radom[10], Hîncești[11], Berat[12], Dnipro[13], Harbin[14], Lefkada[15], Maracaibo[16], Osijek[17]
- Postal code: 100001–100585[18]
- Commons category: Ploiești[19]
- Inception: 1503[20]
- Located in/on physical feature: Wallachia[21]
- Official website: https://www.ploiesti.ro/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ploiești[23]
- Commons gallery: Ploiești[24]
- Email address: mailto:comunicare@ploiesti.ro[25]
- Population: 209,945[26], 56,460[27], 79,149[28], 95,632[29], 114,544[30], 146,922[31], 199,699[32], 252,715[33], 232,527[34], 180,539[35]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Ploiești[36]
- Phone number: +40-244595063[37]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[38], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[41], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[42]
- Capital of: Prahova County[43], Republic of Ploiești[44]
- Contains settlement: Ploiești[45]
- Official name: Ploiești[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ploiești[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ploiești[48]
- Native label: Ploiești[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Ploiești[50]
Why It Matters
Ploiești has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Ploiești is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]