WALACHIA, a province of European Turkey, is separated on the north from Transylvania and Moldavia, by a range of mountains; while on the south the Danube divides it from Turkey. It is about 250 miles long from east to west, and its me dium breadth is about 160 miles. It contains about 27,000 square miles.
The northern part of the province is moun tainous, the Carpathian range to the north sending out a number of branches into the interior; in the south it grows less mountainous, exhibiting some fertile plains and valleys. The principal rivers are the Danube, with its tributaries, the Alt, the Dumbowitza, the Jalomitza, and the Sereth.
Its agriculture is in a very rude state, the moun tainous tracts being covered with forests, and the extensive marshes undrained. The productions of the soil are wheat, millet, maize, beans and pease, grapes, and fruits of various kinds. The wealth of the province consists in its pastures, which support numerous herds of cattle and sheep. Horses are
found in a wild state in some of the forests. Game is abundant, and also poultry and common domestic animals.
The mineral productions are gold, which is oc casionally found in the sands of the rivers, salt, and saltpetre.
Walachia possesses almost no manufactures. The gypsies, who amount to about 100,000, are occupied with the manufacture of coarse hard wool. The trade of the country, which is chiefly in the hands of Jews, Greeks, and Armenians, is in a very unprofitable state. The principal imports are woollen goods, hardware, and groceries, and the exports are horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, tallow, leather, wax, butter, flax, hemp, salt and saltpetre.
The \Valaehians belong in general to the Greek church. Bucharest, Tergovista, Brailow and Gior gief, are the chief towns. Population about 800,000. See BUCHAREST, MOLDAVIA and TUREEY.