Șotânga is a
commune in
Dâmbovița County
Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...
,
Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...
,
Romania
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with a population of 7,077 as of 2021. It is composed of two villages, Șotânga and Teiș. The
Șotânga Coal Mine was a local
open-pit
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Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially ...
and
underground lignite
Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered the lowest ...
mine.
Natives
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Dona Dumitru Siminică (1926–1979), violinist and singer of lăutar music
See also
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TeiÈ™ oil field
References
Communes in Dâmbovița County
Localities in Muntenia
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