SLOBOZIA

town, capital of Ialomita judet (county), southeastern Romania. It lies along the Ialomita River in the middle of the Baragan Plain. The town was built on what remained of the Roman settlement of Netindava. It is a collecting and marketing centre for a rich agricultural region in which cereals and cattle predominate. Amara is a bathing and health resort lying just to the north. An ethnographic museum in Slobozia contains a collection of work created by regional artists. Highways run through Slobozia, including a connection between Bucharest and Constanta. Pop. (1992 prelim.) 55,614.