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TIRGU JIU (often incorrectly written ...

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1010 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIRGU JIU (often incorrectly written TERGU JIU)  , the

capital of the department of Gorjiu, Rumania; situated among the
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lower slopes of the Carpathians, on the
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left
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bank of the
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river Jiu, and at the
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terminus of a branch railway which joins the main Walachian
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line between Turnu Severin and Craiova . Pop . (1900), 6634 . The
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town has a small trade in
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timber, petroleum and
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farm produce . Anthracite
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coal is found in the neighbourhood .

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