Romania
Gorj County
Oraş Turceni

Turceni

Turceni is a town in , , . It administers five villages: Gârbovu, Jilțu, Murgești, Strâmba-Jiu, and Valea Viei.
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  • Type: Town with 4,840 residents
  • Description: town in Gorj County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Turcenii de Sus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Turceni Power Station.

Power station
Photo: CristianChirita, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is situated in , on the banks of the Jiu River, halfway between the cities of and . It is Romania's largest electricity producer and one of the largest thermal power plants in , having 4 units of 330 MW net each. is situated 3 km southeast of Turceni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Șușița and Stângăceaua.

Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Turceni.

Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 9 km southwest of Turceni.

Turceni

Latitude
44.68076° or 44° 40′ 51″ north
Longitude
23.37308° or 23° 22′ 23″ east
Population
4,840
Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)
Open location code
8GP5M9JF+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 138027552
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
664475
Wiki­data ID
Q186214
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Turceni” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Turceni”
  • Cebuano: “Oraș Turceni”
  • Cebuano: “Turceni”
  • Chinese: “圖爾切尼”
  • Danish: “Turceni”
  • Dutch: “Turceni”
  • Estonian: “Turceni”
  • French: “Turceni”
  • German: “Turceni”
  • Hungarian: “Turceni”
  • Indonesian: “Turceni”
  • Irish: “Turceni”
  • Italian: “Turceni”
  • Japanese: “トゥルチェニ”
  • Latin: “Turceni”
  • Malay: “Turceni”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Turceni”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turceni”
  • Polish: “Turceni”
  • Romanian: “Turceni”
  • Serbian: “Општина Турчени”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Turceni, Gorj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Turceni”
  • Spanish: “Turceni”
  • Ukrainian: “Турчень”
  • Vietnamese: “Turceni”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Turceni”. Photo: Ad Inferos, CC BY-SA 3.0.