Oarța de Jos ( hu, Alsóvárca) is a

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Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ� ...

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. It is composed of three villages: Oarța de Jos, Oarța de Sus (''Felsővárca''), and Orțița (''Középvárca''). The commune is located in the southwestern part of the county, at a distance of from the county seat,

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...

, and from

Cehu Silvaniei Cehu Silvaniei (, until 1854 , meaning "Czechs of Szilágy") is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. Four villages are administered by the town: Horoatu Cehului (''Oláhhorvát''), Motiș (''Mutos''), Nadiș (''Szilágynádasd'') and Ulciug ...

. The river

Oarța The Oarța is a left tributary of the river Sălaj in Romania. It flows into the Sălaj near Oarța de Jos Oarța de Jos ( hu, Alsóvárca) is a commune in Maramureș County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Oarța de Jos, Oa ...

flows through the commune's three villages.

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Communes in Maramureș County Localities in Crișana {{Maramureş-geo-stub