Country Romania Status Town Population 13,888 (2002) | County Dolj County Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 12:24 AM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind E at 19 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Dăbuleni ([dəbuˈlenʲ]) is a town of Dolj County, known for the sandy areas surrounding it, since the 1980s have become part of an 80,000 hectares (800 km², 310 mi²) desert, known as the Oltenian Sahara. The town is the only place in Europe where an official Sand Museum exists. It was declared a town in 2004 (Law no. 83/2004). If the north part of the town is a desert, the south part, a Danube flooding area known as the "Melon Kingdom", from which the "Dăbuleni" melons, are famous in all Romania.
Map of D%C4%83buleni, Romania
One village, Chiașu, is administered by the town.
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Dăbuleni Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA