Ungheni

Sister cities

• Konin
• Winston-Salem
• Iași
• Ararat
• Daliyat al-Karmel
• Andrézieux-Bouthéon
• Horishni Plavni
• Vasylkiv
• Mankato
• Joniškis
• Auce
• Dorohoi

History

The first historical mention of Ungheni dates to 20 August 1462. A railway between Ungheni and Chișinău was built in 1875 by Russia in preparation for the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. In the interwar period, the town formed part of Romania. During World War II, it was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940, then recaptured by Romania in 1941, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944, within which it formed part of the Moldavian SSR. After the war, the rail route through Ungheni became the main connection between the USSR and Romania.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  328
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  231
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  185
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  147
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  145
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  111
• Eurasian Jay

  Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  106
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  105

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2021-08-01
  3 km W of Vulture?ti, Romania
• M 4.4 — 2020-10-29
  3 km ESE of Negre?ti, Romania
• M 3.7 — 2005-04-07
  1 km E of Vii?oara, Romania