Ungheni | |
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— Town — | |
Location of Ungheni, Mureş | |
Coordinates: | |
Country | Romania |
County | Mureş County |
Status | Town |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ioan Covrig (PSD) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 6,554 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Ungheni (Hungarian: Nyárádtő, Hungarian pronunciation: [’niaːraːdtøː]; German: Nyaradfluß) is a town in Mureş County, in central Romania. Its Romanian name until the 1960s was Niraşteu.
Six villages are administered by the town:
The town is situated 11 km from the county capital Târgu Mureş and is the location of the Târgu Mureş International Airport.
The town has a population of 6,554. The ethnic breakdown is as follow: