Jilava
Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Ilfov
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Jilava
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU IL Jilava CoA.PNG
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Jilava ilfov.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Map of Ilfov County with Jilava commune highlighted
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- File:Jilava Church Front.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Church of Saints Constantine and Helena
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Elefterie-Ilie Petre
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
Article
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- Fort 13 Jilava
- Natives
- See also
- References
Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava.
The name derives from a Romanian word of Slavic origin (Bulgarian жилав žilav (tough), which passed into Romanian as jilav) meaning "humid place".
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On the map
3 mapped locations