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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Prahova
|official_name      = Slănic
|image_shield       = ROU PH Slanic CoA.png
|image_skyline      = Slanic scenic view.jpg
|map_caption        = Location in Prahova County
|image_map          = Slanic jud Prahova.png
|leader_name        = Daneluș Costea<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PSD
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|14|0|N|25|56|21|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 413
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 39.2
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 106200
|area_code          = (+40) 02 44
|website            = {{url|http://www.primariaslanic.ro}}
}}
'''Slănic''' ({{IPA|ro|sləˈnik}}) is one of the 12 towns of [[Prahova County]], [[Muntenia]], [[Romania]], historically and currently known as a salt extraction center, as well as a [[spa town]], with [[salt lakes]]. Two villages, Groșani and Prăjani, are administered by the town.

== Etymology ==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1912 |5512
|1930 |6306
|1948 |6495
|1956 |6842
|1966 |7307
|1977 |7780
|1992 |7654
|2002 |7249
|2011 |5934
|2021 |4669
}}
[[File:Grota miresii slanic RO.jpg|thumb|right|210px|The collapsed Bride's Cave (''Grota Miresei'')]]
As its name (''[[salt]]'' in [[Slavonic language|Slavonic]]) suggests, most of Slănic's history and economy are directly related to the presence of relatively large quantities of salt underground, and even in open air.

Slănic is also the name of the [[stream|creek]] flowing through the town, tributary of [[Vărbilău (river)|Vărbilău River]], which in turn is a tributary of [[Teleajen|Teleajen River]].

Although technically incorrect, the compounded name ''Slănic Prahova'' is also being used, especially in other parts of Romania. This alternative name was probably generated to help discern between ''Slănic'' and another Romanian town, [[Slănic-Moldova]].

==Natives==
* [[Mihai Iliescu]]
* [[Bujorel Mocanu]]

==Climate==
Slănic has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Cfb'' in the [[Köppen climate classification]]).

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{{Weather box
|location = Slănic
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 1.9
|Feb high C = 4
|Mar high C = 8.7
|Apr high C = 14.2
|May high C = 19.1
|Jun high C = 22.7
|Jul high C = 24.8
|Aug high C = 24.9
|Sep high C = 19.8
|Oct high C = 14
|Nov high C = 8.5
|Dec high C = 3.7
|year high C =
|Jan mean C = -2.4
|Feb mean C = -0.6
|Mar mean C = 3.7
|Apr mean C = 9.4
|May mean C = 14.5
|Jun mean C = 18.3
|Jul mean C = 20.3
|Aug mean C = 20.3
|Sep mean C = 15.3
|Oct mean C = 9.5
|Nov mean C = 4.6
|Dec mean C = -0.4
|year mean C =
|Jan low C = -6.1
|Feb low C = -4.7
|Mar low C = -1.2
|Apr low C = 4.1
|May low C = 9.2
|Jun low C = 13.2
|Jul low C = 15.3
|Aug low C = 15.3
|Sep low C = 10.9
|Oct low C = 5.6
|Nov low C = 1.3
|Dec low C = -3.7
|year low C =
|Jan precipitation mm = 45
|Feb precipitation mm = 44
|Mar precipitation mm = 59
|Apr precipitation mm = 88
|May precipitation mm = 130
|Jun precipitation mm = 138
|Jul precipitation mm = 136
|Aug precipitation mm = 101
|Sep precipitation mm = 72
|Oct precipitation mm = 62
|Nov precipitation mm = 55
|Dec precipitation mm = 53
|year precipitation =
|date=May 2021|source=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/romania/prahova/slanic-15400/}}
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== Tourism ==
[[File:Slanic Salt Mine.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Inside the Slănic salt mine]]
The town is famous for its salt lakes (or ''Băi''): The Shepherd’s (''[[Baia Baciului]]''), The Green (''[[Baia Verde]]'') and The Red (''[[Baia Roșie]]'') Lakes, as well as for the Old (''[[Salina Veche]]'') and New (''[[Salina Nouă]]'') [[salt mine|Salt Mines]].  While salt is still being extracted from the New Salt Mine, the Old Mine is open to the public now, being used as a [[spa]], amusement center and museum of the salt mining industry. International contests of [[Indoor Model Aircraft]] Flying ([[Modellism]]) take place annually in the upper level (''Mina Mihai'') of the Old Mine.

Other worthwhile tourist objectives, all within easy reach for any untrained [[Hiking|hiker]], are a local water spring named The Cold Fountain (''[[Fântâna Rece]]''), the TV Relay Tower (''[[Releu]]'') beyond The Fir Forest (''[[Pădurea de Brazi]]''), Beacon's Hill (''[[Dealul cu Semn]]''), The Salt Mountain (''[[Muntele de Sare]]'') with the legendary Bride's Cave (''[[Grota Miresei]]''), now partially collapsed due to rain erosion, as well as The Green Rock (''[[Piatra Verde]]'') and The Colt's Small Hill (''[[Delușorul Mânzului]]'').

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Slănic}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930004356/http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/mines/Geographie/geo_roumanie/geo_roumanie_slanic/geo_roumanie_slanic.htm  ''Memoirs de la Mine'' by Sabina Ispas. (Map of region, pictures, brief history of the town)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051217203215/http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/turism/b_slanicprahova.html ''Tourism Slanic Prahova'' (Great pictures taken underground, in the Old Salt Mine)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051125210227/http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/prahova/slanic/slanic.html ''History of Jewish communities worldwide''. (Brief description of the town, some historic data)]
* [http://www.slanic.ro''Totul despre Slanic'' (Pictures and some information on town's history/economy/tourism - text in Romanian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827062924/http://www.slanic.ro/ |date=2019-08-27 }}
* [http://www.frmd.ro/ ''Romanian Modellism Federation'' (Results of the 2006 Edition of the World Championship of Indoor Aircraft, Slanic, Romania)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060904233912/http://events.fai.org/aeromodelling/details.asp?id=3045 ''International Aeronautic Federation'' (Program of the 2006 Edition of the World Championship of Indoor Aircraft - Slanic, Romania)]

{{Prahova County}}
{{Spa towns in Romania}}

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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Mining communities in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Prahova County]]
[[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]
[[Category:Spa towns in Romania]]