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The Jiu Valley (Romanian: Valea Jiului pronounced [ˈvale̯a ˈʒi.uluj], Hungarian: Zsil-völgy) is a region in southwestern Transylvania, Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and the main activity was coal mining, but ...
Socialist Republic ofRomania. The Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977 was the largest protest movement against the Communist regime in Romania before its final days. [1] It took place 1–3 August 1977 and was centered in the coal mining town of Lupeni, in Transylvania 's Jiu Valley .
The Union League leadership claims to speak for all the miners of the Jiu Valley mines in most matters. As such they represent the miners in collective bargaining with the government and when calling for action by the miners (e.g., a strike).
11,127 hectares (27,500 acres) Established. 2005. Website. www.defileuljiului.ro. Jiu Valley (3D map) The Defileul Jiului National Park (Romanian: Parcul Național Defileul Jiului) is a protected area (national park category II IUCN) situated in Romania on the administrative territory of counties Gorj (92%) and Hunedoara (8%). [2]
The mineriads (Romanian: mineriade) were a series of protests and often violent altercations by Jiu Valley miners in Bucharest during the 1990s, particularly 1990–91. The term "mineriad" is also used to refer to the most significant and violent of these encounters, which occurred June 13–15, 1990. During the 1990s, the Jiu Valley miners ...
The Jiul de Vest ("Western Jiu", previously also known as Jiul Românesc) is a headwater of the river Jiu in Romania. [ 1][ 2] At its confluence with the Jiul de Est in Iscroni, the Jiu is formed. [ 3] Its length is 54 km (34 mi) and its basin size is 496 km 2 (192 sq mi). [ 2] The upper course of the river is also known locally as Câmpușelu .
The early 1930s were marked by social unrest, high unemployment, and strikes. In several instances, the Romanian government violently repressed strikes and riots, notably the 1929 miners' strike in Valea Jiului and the strike in the Grivița railroad workshops. In the mid-1930s, the Romanian economy recovered and the industry grew significantly ...
There followed fifteen consecutive seasons in the regional and county championship in which was ranked as follows: 4th , 4th , 7th , 8th , 9th , 13th , 10th in the Valea Jiului Series, 6th , 4th , 6th , 2nd in the Valea Jiului Series , 1st in the Valea Jiului Series of the 1972–73 season, losing the promotion play-off against Dacia Orăștie ...