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Ungheni is the seventh largest city in
MoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
and, since 2003, the seat of Ungheni District.
There is a bridge across the Prut and a border checkpoint to Romania. There is another border town with the same name in Romania (Ungheni, Iaşi), on the other side of the Prut River.
History
The first historical mention of Ungheni dates to 20 August 1462. A railway between Ungheni and
ChişinăuChișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
was built in 1875 by
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in preparation for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). After
WWIIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the rail route through Ungheni became the main connection between Russia and
RomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
.
Gustave Eiffel bridge
In 1876 after the spring flooding of the river
PrutThe Prut is a long river in Eastern Europe. In part of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.-Overview:...
the railway bridge that linked
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and
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was almost destroyed.
Railway Department invited
Gustave EiffelAlexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...
in Basarabia(Moldova) to redesign and rebuild the bridge.
Nowadays it is still a strategically construction under the supervision of frontier guard.
Media
- Unghiul
Unghiul is a newspaper from Ungheni, the Republic of Moldova, founded by Nicolae Sanduleac.- External links :*...
- Expresul de Ungheni
Expresul de Ungheni is a newspaper from Ungheni, the Republic of Moldova, founded by Lucia Bacalu.- External links :* * *...
- Euronova TV
Euronova TV is a television station in Moldova. Its headquarters are in Ungheni.It provides news of public interest from a number of areas. The television station, Euronova TV, is a member of Euronova Media Group Holding which includes Albasat TV and the radio station Vocea Basarabiei.- External...
- UNGHENI.TV
- Radio Chişinău
Radio Chişinău is a Romanian language radio station, being the only station of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company in Moldova. The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company launched on October 8, 1939 the first radio station ever to broadcast in Chişinău....
93.8 FM
- Vocea Basarabiei
Vocea Basarabiei is a Romanian language radio station in Moldova.- History :Vocea Basarabiei was launched on June 18, 2000, in Nisporeni. The Audiovisual Coordinating Council refused in 2002 and 2003 to register Vocea Basarabiei...
100.1 FM
Natives
- Isidore A.L. Diamond
I.A.L. Diamond was a comedy writer in Hollywood from the 1940s through the 1980s.-Early life:He was born Iţec Domnici in Ungheni, Iaşi County, Bessarabia, Romania, present day Moldova, was referred to as "Iz" in Hollywood, and was known to quip that his initials stood for "Interscholastic Algebra...
(1920–1988), Jewish American screenwriter (Some Like It HotSome Like It Hot is an American comedy film, made in 1958 and released in 1959, which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The supporting cast includes Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film is a remake by Wilder and I....
)
- Anatolie Arhire
- External links :* * -References:...
- Octavian Ţicu
Octavian Ţicu is a historian from the Republic of Moldova and former professional boxer .- Biography :...
- Anatolie Arhire
- External links :* * -References:...
- Valentina Naforniţă
Valentina Naforniţă is a Bucharest based Moldovan soprano opera singer. She is presently best known as the 2011 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.Valentina Naforniţă was born in Glodeni, Moldova...
, Winner - BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011
- Veronica Kiriak,Israeli Model
Twin towns — Sister cities
Ungheni is
twinnedTwin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with:
Auce-See also:List of cities in Latvia...
,
LatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
CarmelCarmel in the Bible refers to two distinct places:* Mount Carmel, coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea* Carmel , an ancient Israelite town in Judea...
,
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DmitrovskDmitrovsk is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Obshcheritsa River near its confluence with the Nerussa, southwest of Oryol. Population:...
,
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KoninKonin is a city in central Poland.Konin may also refer to:*Emperor Kōnin , emperor of Japan who reigned 770–781**Kōnin , a Japanese era name for the years 810–824...
,
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Reghin,
RomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
Vasilkov,
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Winston-Salem,
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Media
UNGHENI.TV / First news portal from Ungheni, Moldova