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Turnu Măgurele
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city in Teleorman County, Romania
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Within Vinony's link graph, Turnu Măgurele is referenced by 217 other articles, and connects out to Turnu Fortress, Romania and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics Bulgaria–Romania border crossings, Capitals of former Romanian counties and Cities in Romania.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- County
- Teleorman
- Established
- 1394 (first attested)
- Mayor 2024 2028
- Dănuț Cuclea ( PSD )
- Area
- 107.20 km (41.39 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 31 m (102 ft)
- Population 2021 12 01
- 19,597
- Density
- 182.81/km (473.47/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Area code
- (+40) 02 47
- Vehicle reg
- TR
- Website
- www .municipiulturnumagurele .ro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Turnu Măgurele
- Country
- Kingdom of Romania
- Located in
- Teleorman County
- Population
- 19597
- Elevation
- 31.000000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.municipiulturnumagurele.ro
- Image
- TurnuMagurele-Romania Church.jpg
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- inception
- 1394-00-00
- historical region
- Muntenia
- Commons category
- Turnu Măgurele
- street address
- Bulevardul Republicii nr. 2, Turnu Măgurele, jud. Teleorman, cod poștal 145200
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- postal code
- 145200
- topic's main category
- Category:Turnu Măgurele
- native label
- Turnu Măgurele
- phone number
- +40-247416452
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Encyclopedic overview
Turnu Măgurele ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˌturnu məɡuˈrele]) is a city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Danube, at the edge of the Wallachian Plain.
The first documentary attestation of the town appears in a diploma issued by Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, on the occasion of the battles fought here in 1394. The fortress belonged to the Ottoman Empire, intermittently, between 1417 and 1829, being a Turkish raya. During the Iancu Jianu's hajduk raids against the Vidin pasha Osman Pazvantoğlu, the fortress was burned and destroyed. After the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, the town became part of Wallachia, as a result of the Treaty of Adrianople. After 1829, the locality was relocated on a nearby hill, near the localities of Odaia and Măgurele, and the fortress was demolished. Turnu Măgurele was the residence of Teleorman County from 1839 to 1950, and once again from 1952 until 1968, when, following Romania's administrative reorganization of that year, it lost the status of county residence in favor of the city of Alexandria.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turnu Măgurele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.