Bucov
Bucov is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, just east of Ploiești, the county seat. It is composed of five villages: Bighilin, Bucov, Chițorani, Pleașa, and Valea Orlei.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 10,300 residents
- Description: commune in Prahova County, Romania
- Also known as: “Satu Bucovei”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petrotel Lukoil Refinery.
Petrotel Lukoil Refinery
Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petrotel Lukoil Refinery is one of the largest Romanian oil refineries and one of the largest in Eastern Europe, located in Ploieşti, Prahova County. Its main activity is the processing of Romanian and Russian oil, but a separate unit is specialised in biodiesel production and another unit specialises in energy production. Petrotel Lukoil Refinery is situated 3½ km south of Bucov.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chițorani and Valea Orlei.
Chițorani
Village
Photo: Costinmicu54, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Chițorani is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Bucov.
Valea Orlei
Village
Photo: Costinmicu54, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Valea Orlei is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Bucov.
Ploieștiori
Village
Photo: Costinmicu54, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Ploieștiori is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Bucov.
Bucov
- Categories: commune of Romania and locality
- Location: Comuna Bucov, Prahova, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.97377° or 44° 58′ 26″ northLongitude
26.08055° or 26° 4′ 50″ eastPopulation
10,300Elevation
142 metres (466 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO BCVOpen location code
8GP8X3FJ+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 74663466OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Bucov” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bucov”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Bucov”
- Chechen: “Буков (коммуна)”
- Chechen: “Буков”
- Chinese: “Bucov”
- Chinese: “布科夫鄉”
- Czech: “Bucov”
- Dutch: “Bucov”
- French: “Bucov”
- Hungarian: “Bucov”
- Irish: “Bucov”
- Italian: “Bucov”
- Malay: “Bucov”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bucov”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bucov”
- Polish: “Bucov”
- Polish: “Bukowo”
- Portuguese: “Bucov”
- Romanian: “Bucov”
- Romanian: “Comuna Bucov, Prahova”
- Serbian: “Општина Буков”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bucov, Prahova”
- Spanish: “Bucov”
- Tatar: “Буков (коммуна)”
- Tatar: “Буков”
- Turkish: “Bucov”
- Ukrainian: “Буков”
- Vietnamese: “Bucov”
- Volapük: “Bucov”
- “Bucov”
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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 “Bucov”. Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0.