DOLJ

judet (county), southwestern Romania, bounded on the south by Bulgaria. The Jiu and Teslui rivers drain the county southward through lowlands and rolling hills to the Danube River, which marks the southern boundary. Craiova (q.v.), the county capital, has machinery, metallurgical, and chemical industries. Textiles, leather goods, wood products, and building materials are manufactured in Craiova and several smaller towns, including Trgu Jiu, Filiasi, and Isalnita. A coalfield is worked at Petrosani, and a hydroelectric plant operates on the Jiu River near Craiova. Calafat, Bechet, and Corabia are small ports, located on the Danube. There is a university in Craiova. Area 2,862 square miles (7,413 square km). Pop. (1992 prelim.) 761,100.