RAMNICU SARAT (Rimnicu Sdrat)  , the

capital of the department of Ramnicu Sarat, Rumania; on the railway from Buzeu to Focshani, and on the left bank of the Ramnicu, a tributary of the Sereth . Pop . (1900) 13,134, about 1500 being Jews . The town rises from a marshy plain, east of the Carpathians, and west of the cornlands of southern Moldavia . Salt and petroleum are worked in the mountains, and there is a considerable trade in agricultural produce and preservedmeat . Ramnicu Sarat was the scene of battles between the Moldavians and the Walachians in 1434 and 1573, and between the Walachians and Turks in 1634 . Here also, in 1789, an Austro-Russian army defeated the Turks . In 1854 the town was almost destroyed by fire and was rebuilt .