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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 964 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALAFAT  , a

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town of
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Rumania in the
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department of Doljiu; on the
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river
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Danube, opposite the Bulgarian fortress of
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Vidin . Pop . (1900) 7113 . Calafat is an important centre of the
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grain
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trade, and is connected by a
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branch
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line with the
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principal Walachian
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railways, and by a
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steam
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ferry with Vidin . It was founded in the 14th
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century by Genoese colonists, who employed large
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numbers of workmen (Calfats) in repairing
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ships-which
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industry gave its name to the
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place . In 1854 a
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Russian force was defeated at Calafat by the
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Turks under Ahmed
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Pasha, who surprised the enemy's
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camp .

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