- Ungheni
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leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Alexandru Ambros
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population_as_of =2004
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population_total =35157
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website = [http://moldova.cc/ungheni_city/ http://moldova.cc/ungheni_city/]
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footnotes =Ungheni (population: 35,157) is the seventh largest town in
Moldova and, since 2003, the seat ofRaionul Ungheni .There is a bridge across the Prut and a
border checkpoint toRomania . There is another border town with the same name in Romania, on the other side of thePrut River .The first historical mention of Ungheni dates to
20 August 1462 . A railway between Ungheni andChişinău was built in 1875 byRussia in preparation for theRusso-Turkish War (1877–1878) . After WWII, the rail route through Ungheni became the main connection between Russia andRomania .Ungheni's sister city is flagicon|USA
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ,USA People connected with Ungheni
Isidore A.L. Diamond, American screenwriter ("
Some Like It Hot ") was born here (1920).References
*Brezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (eds.) (2007) "Ungheni" "Historical Dictionary of Moldova" (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, p. 371, ISBN 978-0-8108-5607-3
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