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Târgu Ocna (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtɨrɡu ˈokna]; Hungarian: Aknavásár) is a town in Bacău County, Romania. It administers two villages, Poieni and Vâlcele.
The town is situated on the left bank of the Trotuș River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeș Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt. In fact, the English translation of Ocna is salt mine.
The Târgu Ocna Salt Mine is one of the oldest and the third-largest salt mine in Romania, situated at a depth of 240 metres. It features the largest underground treatment base in the country, offering halotherapy for respiratory conditions, as well as recreational facilities and the Saint Barbara Orthodox Church, built in 1992 as the first underground Orthodox church in Europe.
Târgu Ocna's main industry is salt production, as it is the largest provider in Moldavia. Other industries include wood processing, coal mining, steel producing, and petroleum-based industries.
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