Orşova
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Orşova (German: Orschowa, Hungarian: Orsova) is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania's Mehedinţi County (Oltenia, but sometimes considered as part of the Banat). It is situated just above the Iron Gates, on the spot where the Cerna River meets the Danube.
The locality was the site of a Roman Empire port in Dacia Malvensis Orşova, and the site of a a castrum named Dierna. Orşova became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1657, at the start of an Ottoman-Habsburg War, and became part of Romania after World War I, and was officially included in Oltenia during the administrative reform of 1968.
During the works at the Iron Gates, the old center of the town was flooded, and Orşova was developed (1966-1971) on higher ground, including the southern side of the Almăj Mountains and the villages of Jupalnic, Tufari, and Coramnic.
Economy
The town is a center for the extraction of bentonite, chromium, and granite. The industry is centered on energy production (the hydroelectric plant), shipbuilding and engine manufacturing, assembly parts for electricity production, textiles, and the processing of feldspar, asbestos, quartz, talc, wood, etc.
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