NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Satu Mare County

Satu Mare (Hungarian: Szatmár) is a county (judeţ) in North-Western Romania, in the North of Transylvania region - between Maramureş region and Crişana region, with its capital city at Satu Mare (population: 130,573). Image File history File links Satu_Mare. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... County Satu Mare County Status County capital Mayor Iuliu IlyÃ©s, from Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, since 2004 Population (2002) 115. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... On the Romanian License plates we find on the left side a blue strip with the Flag of Romania and the country code of Romania (RO), then the county code and a combination of two digits and three letters. ... ISO 3166-2 for Romania (ISO 3166-1 : RO) The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. ... Country Code: 40 During the Communist years, there was no direct international access. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... A judeÅ£ is an administrative division in Romania and was also used for some time in Moldova. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: MÃ¡ramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ... CriÅŸana is a region of west Romania, near the border with Hungary, named after the three CriÅŸ rivers that flow through it. ... County Satu Mare County Status County capital Mayor Iuliu IlyÃ©s, from Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, since 2004 Population (2002) 115. ...

Neighbours

It is a member of the Carpathian euroregion. MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: MÃ¡ramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ... Szabolcs-SzatmÃ¡r-Bereg is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania. ... House of the Council of Zakarpattia Oblast in Uzhhorod with Taras Shevchenko Monument Entrance from Ivano-Frankivsk on route A 265 Zakarpattia Oblast or Transcarpathian Oblast (Ukrainian: ; Hungarian: KÃ¡rpÃ¡talja) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Bihor (Hungarian: Bihar) is a county (judeÅ£) in North-Western Romania, Western Transylvania in the CriÅŸana region, with capital city at Oradea (population: 206,527). ... SÄƒlaj (Hungarian: SzilÃ¡gy) is a county (judeÅ£) in North-Western Romania, in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at ZalÄƒu (population: 71,580). ...

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 367,281 and the population density was 83/km². For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

The majority of the population are Romanians, but there is a large (35%) Hungarian community. Whilst forming a majority along the Hungarian border, Hungarians are also distributed throughout the county. Also there are Ukrainians, Slovaks and Rromas (Gypsy). Roma people in Transylvania, 19th century The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English. ...

Geography

In the west there are the Oaş Mountains, members of the Eastern Carpathians group. This makes up around 17% of the surface. The rest consists of hills - 20% of the surface - and plains. The Western part of the county is the Eastern part of the Pannonian Plain. Satellite image of the Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and northern Hungary. ... The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea (see below) dried out. ...

The county is crossed by the Someş River and also Tur River and Crasna River. The SomeÅŸ (Hungarian: Szamos) river flows through Romania and Hungary. ... Crasna (Romanian) or Kraszna (Hungarian) is the name of a river in northwestern Romania and northeastern Hungary. ...

Economy

Satu Mare County benefits from its position, on the Western border of Romania, and it's one of the places which attracts major foreign investment in industry and agriculture.

Tourism

County Satu Mare County Status County capital Mayor Iuliu IlyÃ©s, from Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, since 2004 Population (2002) 115. ... Carei (Hungarian: NagykÃ¡roly, German: Grosskarol/GroÃŸkarl) is a city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. ... TÄƒÅŸnad (Hungarian: TasnÃ¡d, German: Trestenburg) is a city in northwestern Romania, county Satu Mare. ...

Administrative divisions

Municipalities

Towns

NegreÅŸti-OaÅŸ (Hungarian: AvasfelsÅ‘falu) is a city in north-western Romania, county Satu Mare. ... TÄƒÅŸnad (Hungarian: TasnÃ¡d, German: Trestenburg) is a city in northwestern Romania, county Satu Mare. ...

Categories: Counties of Romania | Satu Mare County Administrative map of Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... ... 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). ... ArgeÅŸ is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in the center-north of the Wallachia region, west of Muntenia Region, with the capital city at PiteÅŸti (population: 187,558). ... BacÄƒu (Hungarian: BÃ¡kÃ³) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center-east of Romania, in the Moldova region, with its capital city at BacÄƒu. ... Bihor (Hungarian: Bihar) is a county (judeÅ£) in North-Western Romania, Western Transylvania in the CriÅŸana region, with capital city at Oradea (population: 206,527). ... BistriÅ£a-NÄƒsÄƒud (Hungarian: Beszterce-NaszÃ³d) is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at BistriÅ£a (population: 87,169). ... Administrative map of Romania with BotoÅŸani county highlighted BotoÅŸani is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at BotoÅŸani (population: 128,888). ... BraÅŸov (Hungarian: BrassÃ³) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in Transylvania region, with the capital city at BraÅŸov (population: 315,843). ... Administrative map of Romania with BrÄƒila county highlighted BrÄƒila is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at BrÄƒila (population: 234,201). ... BuzÄƒu is a county (judeÅ£) in the center-East Romania, in Eastern Wallachia region, in center Muntenia, with the capital city at BuzÄƒu (population: 149,025). ... CaraÅŸ-Severin (Romanian: CaraÅŸ-Severin, Serbian and Croatian: KaraÅ¡-Severin/ÐšÐ°Ñ€Ð°Ñˆ Ð¡ÐµÐ²ÐµÑ€Ð¸Ð½, Hungarian: KrassÃ³-SzÃ¶rÃ©ny) is a county in southwestern Romania, in Western Transylvania - Banat Region with the capital city at ReÅŸiÅ£a. ... 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Dolj is a county (judeÅ£) in the Southern Romania, in South-Western Wallachia region, in the South of Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova (population: 314,437). ... GalaÅ£i is a county (judeÅ£) in the East of Romania, in the South of Moldova region, with the capital city at GalaÅ£i (population: 332,154). ... Giurgiu is a county (judeÅ£) in the South of Romania, in the South of Wallachia region, with the capital city at Giurgiu (population: 73,260). ... Gorj is a county (judeÅ£) in the South-West of Romania, in the West of Walachia, the western part of Oltenia, with the capital city at TÃ¢rgu Jiu (population: over 100,000 in 2004). ... Harghita (Hungarian: Hargita) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, Eastern Transylvania, with the capital city at Miercurea-Ciuc. ... Hunedoara (Hungarian: Hunyad) is a county (JudeÅ£) in Western Romania, in South-Western Transylvania, with the capital city at Deva (population: 77,259). ... IalomiÅ£a is a county (judeÅ£) in the South-East of Romania, in the Eastern Wallachia region, with the capital city at Slobozia (population: 56,913). ... Administrative map of Romania with IaÅŸi county highlighted IaÅŸi is a Romanian county (judeÅ£) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at IaÅŸi. ... Categories: Counties of Romania | Stub | Ilfov | Bucharest ... MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: MÃ¡ramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ... MehedinÅ£i is a county (judeÅ£) in southwestern Romania, in the western portion of the historical province of Oltenia, within the region of Wallachia. ... MureÅŸ (Hungarian: Maros) is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in Transylvania, with the capital city at TÃ¢rgu MureÅŸ, (population: 165,835). ... NeamÅ£ is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Moldova region, with the capital city at Piatra NeamÅ£ (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). ... Prahova is a county (judeÅ£) in the Center-South of Romania, in the North of the Wallachia region, with the capital city at PloieÅŸti (population: 253,068). ... SÄƒlaj (Hungarian: SzilÃ¡gy) is a county (judeÅ£) in North-Western Romania, in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at ZalÄƒu (population: 71,580). ... Sibiu (Hungarian: Szeben) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in Transylvania region, with the capital city 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). ... Teleorman is a county (judeÅ£) in the South of Romania, in South of Wallachia region, with its capital city at Alexandria (population: 59,308). ... TimiÅŸ (Hungarian: Temes) is a county (judeÅ£) in Western Romania, in Western Transylvania - Banat region, with the capital city at TimiÅŸoara (population: 305,977 as of 2004). ... 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). ... VÃ¢lcea (also spelt VÃ®lcea) is a county (judeÅ£) of Central-South Romania, in Eastern Oltenia (Western Wallachia); its capital city is RÃ¢mnicu VÃ¢lcea (population: 119,581). ... Vrancea is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania in the Moldova region, with the capital city at FocÅŸani (population: 103,219). ...

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