Caras-Severin

an administrative district in southwest Ru-mania, in the Banat Mountains. Area, 8, 500 sq km. Population, 366, 300 (1970). Administrative center, Re§i{a. The district ac-counts for 2.7 percent of the total industrial production and 1.1percent of the agricultural output of the country. Industry in-cludes heavy metallurgy and machine building (Re§i{a, Ojelul-Rosu, Boc§a), woodworking (Caransebe§), and food processing.Iron ore (Ocna-de-Fier and copper ore (Moldova-Noua) are alsomined. The leading agricultural crops include corn, wheat, potatoes, and curly flax. There are numerous orchards in thefoothills of the mountains. Livestock in Cara§-Severin numbered (1971) approximately 84, 000 cattle, 35, 000 hogs, and 269, 000sheep. The balneological health resort of Băile-HerCulane, whosesprings were used by the ancient Romans, is located 40 km northof Turnu-Severin.