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Dăbuleni | |
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 Dăbuleni townhall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Dăbuleni Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:43°48′04″N24°05′31″E / 43.80111°N 24.09194°E /43.80111; 24.09194 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Dolj |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Aurel Băjenaru[2] (PSD) |
Area | 182.86 km2 (70.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 10,333 |
| • Density | 56.508/km2 (146.35/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Vehicle reg. | DJ |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13,888 | — |
| 2011 | 11,861 | −14.6% |
| 2021 | 10,333 | −12.9% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Dăbuleni (Romanian pronunciation:[dəbuˈlenʲ]) is a town ofDolj County,Oltenia,Romania. It was declared a town in 2004 (Law no. 83/2004). One village, Chiașu, is administered by the town.
Dăbuleni is known for the sandy areas surrounding it; since the 1980s, those areas have become part of an 800 km2 (310 sq mi) desert, known as theOltenian Sahara. The town is the only place in Europe where a museum dedicated to sand exists. If the north part of the town is a desert, the south part is aDanube flooding area known as thepatria pepenilor orpatria lubenițelor (the "Motherland of the Melons" or "of the Watermelons"), from which the Dăbuleni melons are famous in all of Romania.
Dăbuleni is twinned since 2014 withVaugneray, which is inFrance.[3]
With water pumped from theDanube, anirrigation scheme[4] was developed during 1971 to 1975 for some 100 square kilometres of fertile land in southernOltenia.
The Sand Museum of Dăbuleni (Muzeul Nisipului din Dăbuleni) is amuseum in Dăbuleni that has a size of 12 hectares (30 acres).[5][6] Its entrance is free and it is often visited by researchers and common people.[6] The Sand Museum is located in theOltenian Sahara, an area of around 80,000 ha (200,000 acres) in theOlteniaregion, in the south of theDolj County (near theDanube), where the town of Dăbuleni is located.[7] Romania has been claimed to be the only country with a museum dedicated to sand inEurope[5] or even the world.[7][8]
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