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Țara Hațegului
Țara Hațegului ("Hațeg Land"; german: Wallenthal, hu, Hátszegvidék, la, terra Harszoc) is a historical and ethnographical area in Hunedoara County, Romania, in the south-western corner of Transylvania. It is centered in the town of Hațeg. Țara Hațegului is located in the Depression of Hațeg. Here there are: the site of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (the capital of the Roman Dacia, established in the 2nd century A.D.), the Densuș Church and palaeontological remains (see Hațeg Island and Hatzegopteryx). Under the Kingdom of Hungary, the Hátszeg District was part of Hunyad County. The region is composed of one town and ten communes: Hațeg, Baru, Densuș, General Berthelot, Pui, Răchitova, Râu de Mori, Sarmizegetusa, Sălașu de Sus, Sântămăria-Orlea and Totești Totești ( hu, Totesd) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cârnești, Copaci, Păclișa (''Poklisa''), Reea (''Rea'') and Toteș ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunedoara County
Hunedoara County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak as . The county got its name from the city of Hunedoara (), which is the Romanian transliteration of the Hungarian (, archaic: ), old name of the municipality. That most likely originated from the Hungarian verb meaning 'to close' or 'to die', but may also come from wear the name of the Huns, who were headquartered near for a time and were the first to establish solid rule over the land since the Dacians. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 396,253 and the population density was 56.1/km2. * Romanians - 93.31% * Hungarians - 4.09% * Romani - 1.9% * Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) - 0.25% Hunedoara's Jiu River Valley is traditionally a coal-mining region, and its high level of industrialisation drew many people from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
