Măgura

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Măgura

Total population

1,445

Air quality index

47Good

Elevation179 m

Land area27.4 km²

Coordinates45.28°, 26.58°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Măgura is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, located on the right bank of the Buzău River, in the hillside next to the Carpathian Mountains' curvature. It is composed of two villages, Ciuta and Măgura. It also included Ojasca and Unguriu villages from 1968 until 2004, when these were split off to form Unguriu Commune.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

George Macovescu

Romanian writer and politician (1913-2002)

Vasile Voiculescu

Romanian writer (1884–1963)

Ion Caraion

Romanian poet and literary critic (1923-1986)

Alexandru Drăghici

Romanian politician, military officer (1913-1993)

Aimée Iacobescu

Romanian actress

A

Anghel T. Anuțoiu

Romanian military personnel (1914-2003)

Metropolitan of Oltenia Firmilian

M

Maria Bobu

Romanian communist politician

C

Constantin M. Drăgan

Romanian cont-economist

P

Petre-Emanoil Neagu

Romanian politician from Buzău County

T

Traian Ionescu-Nişcov

D

Dometie Manolache

N

Nicolae Istudor

Romanian professor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Măgura

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Smooth Snake

Coronella austriaca

Seen 2026-08-23

Labyrinth spider

Agelena labyrinthica

Seen 2026-07-30

Green Toad

Bufotes viridis

Seen 2026-07-30

cutleaf teasel

Dipsacus laciniatus

Seen 2026-07-27

Oedemera femorata

Oedemera femorata

Seen 2026-07-26

Cephalota chiloleuca

Cephalota chiloleuca

Seen 2026-07-26

Crepuscular Burnet

Zygaena carniolica

Seen 2026-07-26

Eastern Tree-mallow

Malva thuringiaca

Seen 2026-07-26

Brown-banded Carder-Bumble bee

Bombus humilis

Seen 2026-07-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).