Muntenia

Muntenia is a historical region of , part of Wallachia. It is situated between the , the and , and the Olt River to the west.
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is 's capital and largest city. has a very interesting mix of old and new: finding a 300-year-old church near a steel-and-glass tower that sits next to a communist-style building is commonplace in .

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is the closest city to in . The city has an attractive core with a collection of 19th-century mansions, unique museums, and excellent rail connections to the rest of the country, making it a convenient base or jumping-off point while exploring Romania.

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is the capital and largest city of , Romania. The settlement has the reputation of the city of tulips, because here being hosted an annual important festival called Simfonia Lalelelor.

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The Romanian Plain is located in southern and the easternmost tip of , where it is known as the . It is part of the larger Eurasian Steppe.

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The is part of the Muntenia region of .

Muntenia

Latitude of center
44.7084° or 44° 42′ 30″ north
Longitude of center
25.8888° or 25° 53′ 20″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q207388
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Muntenia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مونتينيا”
  • Aragonese: “Muntenia”
  • Armenian: “Մունթենիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Munteniya”
  • Basque: “Muntenia”
  • Belarusian: “Мунтэнія”
  • Bulgarian: “Мунтения”
  • Catalan: “Gran Valàquia”
  • Catalan: “Muntènia”
  • Chinese: “蒙特尼亚”
  • Chinese: “蒙特尼亞”
  • Croatian: “Muntenia”
  • Croatian: “Muntenija”
  • Czech: “Muntenia”
  • Czech: “Munténie”
  • Danish: “Muntenien”
  • Dutch: “Groot-Walachije”
  • Dutch: “Muntenia”
  • Dutch: “Muntenie”
  • Dutch: “Muntenië”
  • Esperanto: “Muntenio”
  • Estonian: “Munteenia”
  • Finnish: “Muntenia”
  • French: “Muntenia”
  • French: “Muntenie”
  • French: “Munténie”
  • Georgian: “მუნტენია”
  • German: “Grosse Walachei”
  • German: “Große Walachei”
  • German: “Grosze Walachei”
  • German: “Muntenia”
  • German: “Muntenien”
  • Greek: “Μουντενία”
  • Greek: “Μουντένια”
  • Hebrew: “וואלכיה”
  • Hebrew: “מונטניה”
  • Hungarian: “Munténia”
  • Ido: “Muntenia”
  • Indonesian: “Muntenia”
  • Italian: “Muntenia”
  • Japanese: “ムンテニア”
  • Japanese: “大ワラキア”
  • Korean: “문테니아”
  • Lithuanian: “Muntenija”
  • Macedonian: “Голема Влашка”
  • Macedonian: “Мунтенија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muntenia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Store Valakia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muntenia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stor-Valakia”
  • Ossetian: “Мунтени”
  • Polish: “Multany”
  • Polish: “Muntenia”
  • Portuguese: “Muntenia”
  • Portuguese: “Munténia”
  • Portuguese: “Muntênia”
  • Romanian: “Muntean”
  • Romanian: “Muntenia”
  • Russian: “Большая Валахия”
  • Russian: “Мунтения”
  • Serbian: “Muntenija”
  • Serbian: “Велика Влашка”
  • Serbian: “Мунтенија”
  • Sicilian: “Muntenia”
  • Slovak: “Veľké Valašsko”
  • Slovenian: “Muntenija”
  • Spanish: “Muntenia”
  • Spanish: “Munteniana”
  • Swedish: “Muntenien”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Eflak”
  • Turkish: “Muntenya”
  • Tyap: “A̱gba̱ndang Valahya”
  • Tyap: “Munteniya”
  • Ukrainian: “Мунтенія”
  • Urdu: “مونٹینیا”
  • Venetian: “Muntènia”

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