Adjud
| Adjud | ||
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 Adjud
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| Coordinates: 46°6′0″N 27°10′47″E / 46.10000°N 27.17972°ECoordinates: 46°6′0″N 27°10′47″E / 46.10000°N 27.17972°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Vrancea County | |
| Status | Municipality | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Constantin Armencea (Social Democratic Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 59.1 km2 (22.8 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 14,670 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | www.adjud.ro | |
Adjud (Romanian pronunciation: [adˈʒud]; Hungarian: Egyedhalma) is a city in Vrancea County, Moldavia, Romania. It has a population of 14,670 inhabitants (2011). It lies at a railway junction which has a classification yard and a passenger station. Adjud, situated north of the point where the Trotuş River enters the Siret River, used to be a marketplace.
The city administers three villages: Adjudu Vechi, Burcioaia and Șișcani.
Adjud is situated on a plain and is surrounded by hills up to a height of 400 meters at the foot of the southern Carpathians. The average altitude of the town is 100 m above sea level. The surrounding land is favorable for agriculture.
Geological research findings show the city's subsoil having layers of gravel and sand Levantine and Quaternary, forming significant hydrological aquifers deposits fed by the Trotuş and Siret rivers and direct rainfalls.
The climate is temperate with annual average temperature of 8-10 °C (50 °F) and an average rainfall of 500 mm / m a year. It is characterized by prevailing northwinds with winds from the south and south-east in the hot season. Due to its location at the junction of the provinces Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania, it has been an important road and railway junction since ancient times. The town's area was of 5911 ha in 1997, out of which 105 ha was covered by buildings and yards.
In the northern part of the town a settlement from the Bronze Age was discovered which dates roughly to the second millennium BC and belongs to Monteoru culture. Geto-Dacian vestiges of 5th century BC were also found here.
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