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Petrila, Hunedoara County, Romaniai
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PetrilaTown
Hunedoara CountyCounty
RomaniaCountry

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View of the Petrila-Petroşani coal mining area, in 1929.

Petrila mine, Petrila, Hunedoara County, Romania
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View of the Petrila-Petroşani coal mining area, in 1929.

Petrila mine, Petrila, Hunedoara County, Romania
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Petrila25,234 (2012)
Jieț770 (2013)
Cimpa624 (2013)
Răscoala219 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
389307
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:389307:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Petrila, Hunedoara, Roumanie
German:
Petrila, Hunedoara, Rumänien
Italian:
Petrila, distretto di Hunedoara, Romania
Romanian:
Petrila, Hunedoara, România
Russian:
Петрила, Хунедоара, Румыния
Simplified Chinese:
彼得里拉, 胡內多阿拉縣, 羅馬尼亞
Spanish:
Petrila, Hunedoara, Rumania
Ukrainian:
Петріла, Хунедоара, Румунія
Achinese:
Petrila, Propinsi Hunedoara, Rumania
Cebuano:
Petrila, Hunedoara , Rumanya
Dutch:
Petrila, District Hunedoara, Roemenië
Esperanto:
Petrila, Distrikto Hunedoara, Rumanio
Farsi/Persian:
پتریلا, شهرستان هوندوارا, رومانی
Galician:
Petrila, Condado de Hunedoara, Romanía
Georgian:
პეტრილა, ჰუნედოარის ჟუდეცი, რუმინეთი
Hungarian:
Petrilla, Hunyad megye, Románia
Indonesian:
Petrila, Provinsi Hunedoara, Rumania
Malay:
Petrila, Wilayah Hunedoara, Romania
Minangkabau:
Petrila
Polish:
Petrila, Okręg Hunedoara, Rumunia
Portuguese:
Petrila, Hunedoara, Romênia
Serbian:
Петрила, Хунедоара, Румунија
Serbo-Croatian:
Opština Petrila, Hunedoara, Rumunija
South Azerbaijani:
پتریلا, رومانی
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Петрила, Вилояти Ҳунадуара, Руминия
Vietnamese:
Petrila, Hạt Hunedoara, România


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Wikidata ID:Q390156
GeoNames ID:8334880

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