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Slobozia

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Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 41,550 in 2021.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
municipality
Romanian subdivision.county
Ialomița
Romanian subdivision.official_name
Slobozia
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
Stema.svg
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Slobozia - Catedrala episcopala.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
Orthodox Cathedral of Slobozia
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Slobozia in the Ialomița County.svg
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Ialomița County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Dănuț-Alexandru Potor
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Romanian subdivision.area_total
126.72
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
9200xx
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) 02 43

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Slobozia
Population
41550
Area
132.870000
Elevation
20.000000
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
municipiulslobozia.ro
Image
Bulevardul Unirii - panoramio (3).jpg
Dialing code
0243
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twinned administrative body
Sapri
postal code
920003–920096
Commons category
Slobozia
topic's main category
Category:Slobozia
native label
Slobozia
different from
Slobozia
category of associated people
Category:People from Slobozia
phone number
+40-243213258
street address
Str. Episcopiei, nr. 1, Localitate: Slobozia, Judeţ: Ialomiţa, Cod poştal: 920023
population by native language
10
email address
mailto:[email protected]
inception
1594-00-00
historical region
Muntenia
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • Culture
  • Demographics
  • Tourism
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 41,550 in 2021.

==Etymology== Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word itself comes from the Slavic word "slobod" which means "free". As it is located in the middle of flat land (Bărăgan Plain), it was very vulnerable to Tatar and Ottoman incursions. To encourage peasants to settle there, they were exempted from some taxes, hence the name.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slobozia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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