Siliștea Gumești is a
commune in
Teleorman County,
Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...
,
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. It is composed of a single village, Siliștea Gumești. It was known as ''Siliștea Nouă'' from 1968 to 1996.
Near Siliștea Gumești there is an abandoned air base; built in 1945–1947, the military facility operated
MiG-15s.
Famous residents include the writer
Marin Preda (1922-1980), considered the most important novelist in the post-World War II Romanian literature. The action of his novel, ''
Moromeții'', takes place at Siliștea Gumești.
External links
Official site
References
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Communes in Teleorman County
Localities in Muntenia
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