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Ungheni (Romanian pronunciation: ), with a population of 35,157, is the seventh largest town in Moldova and the seat of Ungheni District since 2003.
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, Iași), on the other side of the Prut River.
The first historical mention of Ungheni dates to 20 August 1462. A railway between Ungheni and Chişinău was built in 1875 by Russia in preparation for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). After WWII, the rail route through Ungheni became the main connection between the USSR and Romania.
In 1876 after the spring flooding of the river Prut the railway bridge that linked Moldova and Romania was almost destroyed. Railway Department invited Gustave Eiffel in Bessarabia (Moldova) to redesign and rebuild the bridge. Nowadays it is still a strategic structure under the supervision of the frontier guard.
Ungheni is twinned with:
The first historical mention of Ungheni dates to 20 August 1462
Around 1900
Ungheni river port
Mihai Eminescu statue
Romania, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Romanian language
Bucharest, European Union, Romanian language, Transylvania, Nato
Ukraine, India, China, Turkey, United Kingdom
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
Spain, Portuguese language, Lisbon, Porto, Madeira
Romania, Ungheni, Moldova, Alliance for European Integration, Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Bălți, Chișinău, Transnistria, Bender, Moldova, Cahul
Ukraine, Moldova, Chernivtsi, Danube, Romania
Romanian language, Ungheni, Newspaper circulation, Ungheni, Republic of Moldova
Transport in, Ukraine, Iași, Moldova, Chișinău