Coat of arms of Călărași

Călărași
Palace of the Prefecture
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Capșa Provinciei
Călărași Location of Călărași
Coordinates: 44°12′N 27°20′E / 44.200°N 27.333°E / 44.200; 27.333Coordinates: 44°12′N 27°20′E / 44.200°N 27.333°E / 44.200; 27.333
Country	Romania
County	Călărași County
Status	County capital
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Ștefan Drăgulin (UNPR, elected from PNL)
Population (2011)
• Total	65,181
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.municipiu.ro

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The city is an industrial centre for lumber and paper, food processing, glass manufacturing, textiles, medical equipment production and heavy industry, the last represented by the Călărași steel works. The city is known colloquially as "Capșa provinciei" (the Capșa from the provinces).

The site of a prehistoric village, called Lichiresti from the time of Michael the Brave. Călărași appeared for the first time in 1700 on a map drawn by Constantin Cantacuzino. It got its name after it was made by the Wallachian princes, in the 17th century, a station of "mounted couriers' service" on the route from Bucharest to Constantinople. The service was operated by horseback riders (the călărași). It expanded into a small town, and in 1834 became the surrounding county's capital.

Călărași is connected by DN3, DN21, DN31 and DN3B. Also A2 ("The Sun's Motorway") has 3 exits for Călărași, at Lehliu Gară (about 50 km (31 mi) NW), Dragalina (about 30 km (19 mi) N) and Feteşti (about 40 km (25 mi) NE). The city lies on the seventh pan-European corridor of transport(the Danube river) and is next to the fourth pan-European transport corridor(Dresden–Constanța) at 26 km (16.16 mi). The town is connected by rail (table 802 CFR). The nearest major cities are: Bucharest 120 km (75 mi), Constanța 148 km (92 mi) and Varna 155 km (96 mi).