Tecuci () is a
city
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in
Galați County
Galați () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați, between latitude, 45°25'N and latitude, 46°10'N latitude, longitude, 27°20'E and longitude, 28°10'E longitude. It borders the counties of Vaslu ...
,
Romania
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, in the historical region of
Western Moldavia
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. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the
Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from
Galați
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,
Bârlad, and
Mărășești.
History
The area neighboring Tecuci was the scene of a fierce battle in 1476 between
Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great
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and the
Ottomans
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* Osman I, historically known in English as "Ottoman I", founder of the Ottoman Empire
* Osman II, historically known in English as "Ottoman II"
* Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empir ...
.
Under the
Kingdom of Romania
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, it was the residence of the now-defunct
Tecuci County.
Economy
The city was famous for its canned food factories, which preserve vegetables, fruit and meat, as well as for its
mustard factories.
Climate
Climate in Tecuci is defined as
Dfb (Humid continental climate with warm summers), bordering a
Dfa (Humid continental climate with hot summers).
Population
As of the
2011 census, there were 34,871 inhabitants who lived within the city limits, of which 83.2% were
Romanians
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and 4.3%
Roma.
At the
2021 census, Tecuci had a population of 32,801; of those, 74.17% were Romanians and 3.69% Roma.
Natives
*
Nina Arbore (1888–1942), painter and illustrator
*
George Arion (b. 1946), writer
* (1907–1978), historian
*
Eugen Boureanul (1885–1971), prose writer
*
Gabriel Bujor (b. 1990), handball player
*
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (1887–1929), first woman aviator in Romania
*
Cristina Carp (b. 1997), footballer
*
Henri Cihoski (1872–1950), politician and general
* (b. 1947), actor
* (1893–1976), jurist, lawyer and professor
*
Costică Donose (b. 1952), footballer
*
Mișu Dulgheru (1909–2002), communist activist and spy
*
Alina Gorghiu (b. 1978), lawyer and former president of the
National Liberal Party (PNL)
*
Calistrat Hogaș (1847–1917), writer
*
Iorgu Iordan (1888–1986), linguist, philologist and communist politician
*
Dimitrie Lecca (1832–1888), officer and politician
*
Mihail Manoilescu (1891–1950), publicist, economist, and politician
*
Vasile Mihai (b. 1995), footballer
*
Alexandru Mironescu (1903–1973), prose writer
*
Henri Moscovici (b. 1944), mathematician
*
Dinu Negreanu (1917–2001), film director
* (1969–2021), musician
*
Claudiu Pamfile (b. 1997), footballer
*
Oana Pantelimon (b. 1972), high jumper
*
Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah (1833–1898), historian, politician, and academician
*
Gheorghe Petrașcu (1872–1949), painter and academician
*
N. Petrașcu (1859–1944), diplomat, writer, memoirist, publicist, art historian and critic
*
Ion Petrovici (1882–1972), philosopher, essayist, memoirist, writer, orator, and politician
*
Theodor Șerbănescu (1839–1901), poet and translator
*
Simona Sharoni (b. 1961), feminist scholar and activist
*
Victor Stănculescu (1928–2016), general
*
Catalin Tecuceanu (b. 1999), middle-distance runner
Museums
*
Tecuci Town Museum ()
Festivals
Tecuci is the host of several cultural festivals:
* International Aphorism Festival
* Costache Conachi Poetry Festival
* Omătuța traditional folk music festival
References
Populated places in Galați County
Cities in Romania
Capitals of former Romanian counties
Localities in Western Moldavia
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