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Alexandria is a town of Romania, situated among the rich corn-lands of the Teleorman department, on the right bank of the river Vedea. Its population in 1900 was 13,675. Its chief trade is in grain, despatched by rail to the Danubian port of Zimnicea, or by river to Giurgevo (now Giurgiu). Alexandria was named after its founder,
Alexandru Ghica , prince of Romania from 1834 to 1842.This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
Romanian cities