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Baraolt
Baraolt (; , ) is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224. It administers five villages: Biborțeni (''Bibarcfalva''), Bodoș (''Bodos''), Căpeni (''Köpec''), Micloșoara (''Miklósvár''), and Racoșul de Sus (''Felsőrákos''). Geography The town is located in the northwestern part of Covasna County, away from the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe, on the border with Brașov County. It lies in the , on the banks of the Baraolt River, surrounded by the Harghita Mountains to the north, the Baraolt Mountains to the east and the Perșani Mountains to the west. The nearest railway station is from it, in Augustin, Brașov. Demographics At the 2021 census, Baraolt had a population of 7,730. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 8,567, of which an absolute Székely Hungarian majority of 8,213 (96%) Hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baraolt Mountains
The Baraolt Mountains () is a mountain range, entirely in Covasna County of Romania. Geologically the Baraolts are part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya S .... By traditional Romanian categorization it's included in the Curvature Carpathians. The largest city in the area is Sfântu Gheorghe, along with the town of Baraolt. The highest peak is ''Vârful Havad'' at . The Baraolt Mountains is a popular hiking area. References {{coord, 46, 00, N, 25, 45, E, region:RO_type:mountain_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Mountain ranges of Romania Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians Landforms of Székely Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baraolt (river)
The Baraolt is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. It discharges into the Olt in Căpeni. e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is . Tributaries The following rivers are tributaries to the river Baraolt: *Left: Durca, Brad, Macicaș,Ozunca
The Ozunca is a left tributary of the river Baraolt (river), Baraolt in Romania. It discharges into the Baraolt near Biborțeni. Its length is and its basin size is . The name Ozunca is used mostly for the upper reach of the river, while the name ... , Pârâul Cetății, Pârâul Uscat
*Right: Herculian, Biucoș, Agriș, Pârâul Lupului, Dungo
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Covasna County
Covasna County (, , ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the population density was . In 2002 the ethnic composition of the county was as follows: * Hungarians in Romania, Hungarians – 73.58% (or 164,158) * Romanians – 23.28% (or 51,790) * Romani people in Romania, Romani – 2.68% (or 5,973) According to the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, the composition of the county was: * Hungarians in Romania, Hungarians – 73.74% (or 150,468) * Romanians – 22.02% (or 45,021) * Romani people in Romania, Romani – 4.05% (or 8,267) * Minorities of Romania, Others – 0.19% According to the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the composition of the county was: * Hungarians in Romania, Hungarians – 71.77% (or 133,444) * Romanians – 22.99% (or 42,752) * Romani people in Romania, Romani – 5.11% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Líviusz Gyulai
Líviusz Gyulai (December 2, 1937 – March 16, 2021) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator. Biography Born at BaraoltBiography at the Hungarian Academy of Arts (''Barót''), Covasna County, Transylvania, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Budapest as graphic artist in 1962.Csodaceruza interview, 2004 He is known as a printmaker and a book illustrator as well. He was awarded a gold medal at the Florence Graphic Biennale in 1970. He has been making animated films since 1975. He joined Pannonia Film Studio in 1973. He has won several aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Derzsei
Eduard Derzsei (27 October 1934 – 21 May 2015) was a Romanian volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq .... References 1934 births 2015 deaths Romanian men's volleyball players Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Olympic volleyball players for Romania Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics People from Baraolt Sportspeople from Covasna County 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihály Bodosi
Mihály Jenő Bodosi (13 December 1909 – 21 March 2005) was a Hungarian athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography Bodosi won the British AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ... title in the high jump event at the British 1933 AAA Championships and the 1934 AAA Championships. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he competed in the men's high jump. References External links * 1909 births 2005 deaths People from Baraolt Székely people Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Hungarian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Hungary 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dávid Baróti Szabó
Dávid Baróti Szabó (10 April 1739 – 22 November 1819) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, poet, writer and linguist. Early life Born into a noble Szekler family from Transylvania, he entered the Jesuit order in 1757 in Székelyudvarhely (today Odorheiu Secuiesc in Romania), then studied and taught in different places in then-Hungary ( Trencsén, Szakolca, Székesfehérvár, Nagyszombat, Kolozsvár, Eger) until his ordination as a priest in 1770 in Kassa (now Košice in Slovakia). He was a teacher at Nagyvárad high school (today Oradea in Romania), then finished his spiritual formation ("third year") in Besztercebánya (today Banská Bystrica in Slovakia). After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773, he taught at Komárom, then from 1777 to 1799 at Kassa, and then retired to his former pupil Benedek Pyber, at Virt in the county of Komárom,. having obtained from Emperor Francis I a pension of 600 Austrian guilders as a reward for his literary activities. Work In Kassa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barot (Baraolt) From Agostonfalva
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Barot may refer to: * Baraolt, Covasna County, Romania, known as ''Barót'' in Hungarian * Barot (caste), a caste * Barot (Himachal Pradesh), a picnic spot and tourist location in India * Barot (Uttar Pradesh), a tehsil in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India People * Barot (surname) See also * Borat ''Borat'' (also known as ''Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'') is a 2006 mockumentary directed by Larry Charles, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakhs, Kazakh jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfântu Gheorghe
Sfântu Gheorghe (; or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; ; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania, Romania. Located in the central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt Mountains and the . The town administers two villages, Chilieni (''Kilyén'') and Coșeni (''Szotyor''). History Sfântu Gheorghe is one of the oldest urban settlements in Transylvania, the town first having been documented in 1332. The town takes its name from Saint George, the patron of the local church. Historically, it was also known in German as ''Sankt Georgen''. The "sepsi" prefix (''sebesi'' → ''sepsi'', meaning "of Sebes") refers to the area which the ancestors of the local Székely population had inhabited before settling to the area of the town. The previous area of their settlement was around the town of "Sebes" (now Sebeș, in Alba County) which later became populated mainly by Transylvanian Saxons (), being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Romania
This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the Demographic history of Romania, 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals. The list includes major cities with the status of ''municipiu'' (103 in total), as well as cities and towns with the status of ''oraș'' (216 in total). Romania has 319 cities and towns: one city with over 1 million inhabitants, 17 other cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, 153 cities with a population between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, 110 towns between 5,000 and 10,000 inhabitants, and 38 towns with less than 5,000 inhabitants. Complete list See also *Metropolitan areas in Romania *List of cities in Europe *List of city listings by country References {{Authority control Populated places in Romania, * Cities in Romania Towns in Romania Lists of cities in Europe, Romania 2 Lists of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perșani Mountains
The Perșani Mountains (; ) is a mountain range in central Romania. The highest peak is , with an elevation of .
Geologically, the Perșani Mountains are part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead. The Romanian categorization includes the Perșani Mountains within the central Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani''), which also comprise the Baraolt Mountains, the Bârgău Mountains, the Călimani Mountains, the Ciuc Mountains, the Gurghiu Mountains, and the Harghita Mountains.
The main ridge runs in a north–south direction and has a length of . The Perșani Mount ...
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Augustin, Brașov
Augustin (; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Augustin. Formerly part of Ormeniș, it was split off in 2005 to form a separate commune. The village is located at the northern edge of the county, on the border with Covasna County. It lies in the southern part of the Baraolt basin, on the left bank of the Olt River. Nestled at the foot of the Perșani Mountains, above sea level, it is away from Brașov, the county seat. The Augustin train station serves Main Line 300 of the CFR network, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea. At the 2021 census, the commune had 2,010 inhabitants; of those, 73.3% were Roma and 25.3% Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, .... In 2007, the Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
