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BACAU , the capital of the department of Bacau, Rumania; situated among the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on theSee also: river Bistritza, which enters the river Sereth 5 M
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(1900) 16,187, including 7850 Jews
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Although of See also: modern growth, Bacau is one of the chief commercial centres in See also: Moldavia, possessing many large See also: timber yards
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It is on the See also: main railway from Czernovitz, in See also: Bukovina, to See also: Galatz; and on two branch lines, one of which enters Transylvania through the Ghimesh Pass, while both give See also: access to the See also: salt mines, petroleum See also: wells and forests of the Carpathians
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