Bumbești-Jiu
Bumbești-Jiu is a town in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania, on the river Jiu. It administers four villages: Curtișoara, Lăzărești, Pleșa and Tetila. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 8,570 residents
- Description: town in Gorj County, Romania
- Also known as: “Bumbeşti”, “Bumbesti-Jiu”, “Bumbeşti-Jiu”, and “Bumbeştii-Jiu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gornăcel and Păjiștele.
Gornăcel
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Gornăcel is a village, which is situated 2½ km west of Bumbești-Jiu.
Păjiștele
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Păjiștele is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Bumbești-Jiu.
Sâmbotin
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sâmbotin is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Bumbești-Jiu.
Bumbești-Jiu
- Categories: town in Romania and locality
- Location: Oraş Bumbeşti-Jiu, Gorj County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.17942° or 45° 10′ 46″ northLongitude
23.37976° or 23° 22′ 47″ eastPopulation
8,570Elevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO GJJOpen location code
8GQ559HH+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 138015332OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Bumbești-Jiu” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Cebuano: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Cebuano: “Oraș Bumbești-Jiu”
- Chinese: “本貝什蒂日烏”
- Danish: “Bumbeşti-Jiu”
- Dutch: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Estonian: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- French: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- German: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Hungarian: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Indonesian: “Bumbeşti-Jiu”
- Indonesian: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Irish: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Italian: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Japanese: “ブンベシュティ＝ジウ”
- Latin: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Malay: “Bumbeşti-Jiu”
- Malay: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Minangkabau: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Persian: “بومش-ژیو”
- Polish: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Portuguese: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Romanian: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Russian: “Бумбешти-Жиу”
- Serbian: “Бумбешти-Жију”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bumbești-Jiu, Gorj”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bumbești-Jiu”
- Spanish: “Bumbești-Jiu”
- Tajik: “Бумбешти-Жиу”
- Ukrainian: “Бумбешть-Жіу”
- Vietnamese: “Bumbesti-Jiu”
- Vietnamese: “Bumbești-Jiu”
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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 “Bumbești-Jiu”. Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0.