NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Maramures

Maramureş (Hungarian: Máramaros) is a county ("judeţ") in the Maramures region, in Romania, with the capital city at Baia-Mare (population: 149,735). Its common abbreviation is MM. Romanian map with highlighted county Made by me File links The following pages link to this file: Maramures Categories: GFDL images | NowCommons | Romania county maps ... A diacritical mark or accent mark is an additional mark added to a basic letter. ... Baia Mare (Hungarian: Nagybánya, German: Neustadt) the county seat of Maramures, is an important city in northern Romania. ...

Maramureş is known for the persistence of its agricultural traditions, largely unaffected by industrialisation. The region escaped collectivisation under Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, with the result that local people retain a very close relationship with the land. Ploughing, planting, harvesting, hay-making and almost every demand of farming are met by manual labour. The rural areas of the region have few roads, which are often impassable to all but horsecarts or determined walkers. Industrialisation (or industrialization) or an industrial revolution (in general, with lowercase letters) is a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a pre-industrial to an industrial state. ... Collective farming is an organizational unit in agriculture in which peasants are not paid wages, but rather receive a share of the farms net output. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Nicolae Ceauşescu. ... Manual labor is a term used for hard physical work done with the hands, especially in an unskilled manual job such as fruit and vegetable picking, et cetera. ...

Demographics

In 2000, it had a population of 533,162 and the population density was 85/km². 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,304 km². To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...

List of cities in Maramureş county

Baia Mare (Hungarian: Nagybánya, German: Neustadt) the county seat of Maramures, is an important city in northern Romania. ... . Sighetu Marmaţiei (Hungarian: Máramarossziget, Ruthenian: Sihota), formely Sighet, is a city in Maramureş county near Iza river, in Maramureş region, in Romania. ... Categories: Stub | Maramures | Romanian cities ... Vişeul de Sus (Hungarian: Felsővisó, German: Oberwischau) is a town in Maramureş county, Romania, located at the confluence of the Vişeu river and Vaser. ... Baia Sprie (Hungarian: Felsőbánya, German: Mittelstadt) is a town in the Maramures (Hungarian Máramaros) County of Romania. ... Cavnic (Hungarian: Kapnikbánya, German: Kapnik) is a mining town in the North of Romania, in the Maramures county. ...

Places of the Maramureş county

See also

Maramureş wooden churches The Maramureş wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. ... Cimitirul Vesel The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânţa, Maramureş county, Romania that is famous for its colourful tombstones with the naive painting that represent scenes from the life of the burried persons and even poetry in which the are described those persons. ...

Categories: Counties of Romania Administrative map of Romania As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows: A new administrative division was proposed, dividing the country into regions, but its implementation is uncertain since the county division is favoured by most Romanians. ... Large flag of Romania Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... ... Administrative map of Romania with Arad county highlighted Arad is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Crişana region, with the capital city at Arad (population: 185,272). ... In Greek mythology, one of the first generation of Cyclopes, Arges (brightener) was a giant with one eye. ... . Administrative map of Romania with Bacău county highlighted Bacău (Hungarian: Bákó) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at Bacău (population: 210,042). ... Administrative map of Romania with Bihor county highlighted Bihor (Hungarian: Bihar) is a county (Judeţ) in the Crisana region, in Romania, 7 500 km&sup2, and 600 223 hab. ... Romania with Bistriţa-Nasăud county highlighted Bistriţa-Năsăud (Hungarian: Beszterce-Naszód) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Bistriţa (population: 87,169). ... Administrative map of Romania with Botoşani county highlighted Botoşani is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at Botoşani (population: 128,888). ... Administrative map of Romania with Braşov county highlighted Braşov (Hungarian: Brassó) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Braşov (population: 315,843). ... Administrative map of Romania with Brăila county highlighted Brăila is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Brăila (population: 234,201). ... . Administrative map of Romania with Buzău county highlighted Buzău is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Buzău (population: 149,025). ... Map of Romania with Caraş_Severin highlighted Caraş_Severin (Hungarian: Krassó_Szörény) is a county in southwestern Romania. ... Administrative map of Romania with Călăraşi county highlighted Călăraşi is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Călăraşi (population: 77,819). ... Administrative map of Romania with Cluj county highlighted Cluj (Hungarian: Kolozs; German: Klausenburg) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca (population: 333,607). ... Administrative map of Romania with Constanţa county highlighted The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... Administrative map of Romania with Covasna county highlighted Covasna (Hungarian: Kovászna) is a county (Judeţ) in Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe (population: 67,108), known in Hungarian as Sepsiszentgyörgy. ... >Administrative map of Romania with Dâmboviţa county highlighted Dâmboviţa is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Târgovişte (population: 99,137). ... Administrative map of Romania with Dolj county highlighted Dolj is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Craiova (population: 314,437). ... Administrative map of Romania with Galaţi county highlighted Galaţi is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at Galaţi (population: 332,154). ... Administrative map of Romania with Giurgiu county highlighted Giurgiu is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Giurgiu (population: 73,260). ... Administrative map of Romania with Gorj county highlighted Gorj is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Târgu Jiu (population: 98,897). ... Administrative map of Romania with Harghita county highlighted Harghita (Hungarian: Hargita) is a county (Judeţ) in Romania in Transylvania with the capital city at Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda) (population: 47,073). ... Administrative map of Romania with Hunedoara county highlighted Hunedoara (Hungarian: Hunyad) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Deva (population: 77,259). ... Administrative map of Romania with Ialomiţa county highlighted Ialomiţa is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Slobozia (population: 56,913). ... Administrative map of Romania with Iaşi county highlighted Iaşi is a Romanian county (judeţ) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Iaşi. ... Categories: Counties of Romania | Stub | Ilfov | Bucharest ... Administrative map of Romania with Mehedinţi county highlighted Mehedinţi is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Oltenia region, with the capital city at Turnu Severin (population: 118,734). ... Administrative map of Romania with Mureş county highlighted Mureş (Hungarian: Maros) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Târgu Mureş, known in Hungarian as Marosvásárhely (population: 165,835). ... Administrative map of Romania with Neamţ county highlighted Neamţ is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Piatra Neamţ (population: 125,050). ... Administrative map of Romania with Olt county highlighted Olt is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Slatina (population: 87,608). ... Administrative map of Romania with Prahova county highlighted Prahova is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Ploieşti (population: 253,068). ... Administrative map of Romania with Satu Mare county highlighted Satu Mare (Hungarian: Szatmár) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Satu Mare (population: 130,573). ... Administrative map of Romania with Sălaj county highlighted Sălaj (Hungarian: Szilágy) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Zalău (population: 71,580). ... Administrative map of Romania with Sibiu county highlighted Sibiu is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Sibiu (population: 170,038). ... Administrative map of Romania with Suceava county highlighted Suceava is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at Suceava (population: 118,670). ... Administrative map of Romania with Teleorman county highlighted Teleorman is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Alexandria (population: 59,308). ... Administrative map of Romania with Timiş county highlighted Timiş (Hungarian: Temes) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Banat region, with the capital city at Timişoara (population: 326,958). ... Administrative map of Romania with Tulcea county highlighted Tulcea is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Dobrogea region, with the capital city at Tulcea (population: 96,813). ... Administrative map of Romania with Vaslui county highlighted Vaslui is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at Vaslui (population: 79,658). ... Administrative map of Romania with Vâlcea county highlighted Vâlcea is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Râmnicu Vâlcea (population: 119,581). ... 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Geography

List of cities in Maramureş county

Places of the Maramureş county

See also

Demographics