Ungheni (called ''Bosia'' until 1996) is a
commune in
Iași County,
Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...
, in eastern
Romania
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, part of the
Iași metropolitan area. It is composed of four villages: Bosia (the commune center), Coada Stâncii, Mânzătești and Ungheni.
There is a
bridge across the Prut and a
border checkpoint to Moldova. There is another border town with the same name in the
Republic of Moldova (
Ungheni), on the other side of the
Prut River.
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Communes in Iași County
Localities in Western Moldavia
Moldova–Romania border crossings
Populated places on the Prut
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