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Siliștea Gumești

Siliștea Gumești
Commune
Location of Siliștea Gumești
Location of Siliștea Gumești
Coordinates: 44°23′N 25°00′E / 44.383°N 25.000°E / 44.383; 25.000Coordinates: 44°23′N 25°00′E / 44.383°N 25.000°E / 44.383; 25.000
Country Romania
County Teleorman
Component villages Siliștea Gumești
Population (2007)
 • Total 2,849
Postal code 147350

Siliștea Gumești is a commune in Teleorman County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Siliștea Gumești. It was known as Siliștea Nouă from 1968 to 1996. Near Siliștea Gumești there is an abandoned airbase.

Famous residents include the writer Marin Preda (1922-1980), considered the most important novelist in the post-World War II Romanian literature. The action of his novel, Moromeții, takes place at Siliștea Gumești.


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