Place:Câmpina, Prahova, Romania

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NameCâmpina
Alt namesCâmpinasource: NIMA, Geographic Names Database (2000) accessed 15 January 2003
Cîmpinasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates45.133°N 25.733°E
Located inPrahova, Romania
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Câmpina is a city in Prahova County, Romania, north of the county seat Ploiești, located on the main route between Wallachia and Transylvania. Its existence is first attested in a document of 1503. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia.

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Formerly a customs point on the trade route between Transylvania and Wallachia, the town developed at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century as an oil extraction and processing center. Between 1897 and 1898, Câmpina was the site of the largest oil refinery in Europe.

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