The Jiu (Romanian: [ʒiw] ⓘ; Hungarian: Zsil [ʒil]; German: Schil or Schiel; Latin: Rabon) is a river in southern Romania.

It is 339 kilometres (211 mi) long, including its source river, Jiul de Vest.

[4] The upper Jiu Valley, around Petroșani and Lupeni, is Romania's principal coal mining region.

The following towns are situated along the Jiu, from source to mouth: Petroșani (Jiul de Est), Lupeni (Jiul de Vest), Bumbești-Jiu, Târgu Jiu, Turceni, Filiași, and Craiova.

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