Jimbolia (Hungarian: Zsombolya, German: Hatzfeld) is a city in Timiş county, Romania. As of 2002, it has a population of 11,113.
The first time it was mentioned in a written record was in 1333 in a tax record of the Papality, as "Chumbul". It was colonized in 1766 with German ethnics and renamed Hatzfeld. In 1924, it became part of Romania under the current name.
The town of Jimbolia is situated in the western part of Romania, 572 km away from Bucharest by road and 600 km by car, at the eastern longitude of 20 ° 38' and the northern latitude of 45 ° 46'.
Jimbolia lies in the western part of the Timi s count y, 39 km away from the capital city of Timi soara.
Jimbolia also lies at the crossroads of some important communication routes that link Romania and the former Yugoslavia, being an important transit area at the border between Romania and Serbia.
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