Oraviţa

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Oraviţa
Coat of arms of Oraviţa
Coat of arms
Location of Oraviţa
Location of Oraviţa
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Caraş-Severin County
Status Town
Government
 - Mayor Ion Goga (Democratic Party)
Area
 - Total 168.9 km² (65.2 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 - Total 15,265
 - Density 90 45°2′25″N, 21°41′7″E/km² (Expression error: Unrecognised word "span"/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.oravita.ro/

Oraviţa (Hungarian: Oravicabánya, German: Orawitz, Czech: Oravice) is a town in southwestern Romania, in the Caraş-Severin County, with a population of 15,524 in 2000. Its theatre is a fully functional scaled down version of the Burgtheater in Vienna.