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Sita Buzăului
Sita Buzăului () is a commune in Covasna County, in the geographical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Crasna (''Bodzakraszna''), Merișor (''Almás''), Sita Buzăului, and Zăbrătău (''Zabrató''). Geography The commune is located at the southern extremity of Covasna County, southeast of the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe, on the border with Brașov County, Brașov and Buzău County, Buzău counties. It is situated at an altitude of , on the banks of the Buzău (river), Buzău River and its tributaries, the Crasna (Buzău), Crasna and the Harțag. Sita Buzăului is crossed by Roads in Romania, national road DN10, which runs from Brașov, to the west, to Buzău, to the southeast, crossing the Carpathian Mountains through the Buzău Pass. It is also crossed by national road , which starts in the nearby town of Întorsura Buzăului, passes through Covasna and Sfântu Gheorghe, and ends in Feldioara, Brașov County. Demographics The commune ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Buzău Pass
Buzău Pass () is a mountain pass that follows the Buzău River and connects Brașov with Buzău over the Buzău Mountains, in the Eastern Carpathians in Romania. Geography The pass is traversed by National Road DN10, from Crasna, in Covasna County, to Gura Siriului, in Buzău County. The road follows the course of the Buzău River; Lake Siriu is an artificial dam lake on the river, located at the southern end of the pass. History The Buzău Pass was one of the passes used by invaders, such as Turks and Tatars, to attack Transylvania. This is why the nearby region, known as Țara Bârsei was settled by Teutonic Knights in the 13th century, who built fortifications, to be prepared against such an invasion. Nevertheless, many invasions were conducted through the Buzău Pass, including the Turkish attacks of 1421, 1432, 1438, and 1508, as well as the Tatar invasion of 1658. When Ottoman forces or other invaders would break through the pass, the village of Prejmer was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Guttman
Amos Guttman (; 10 May 1954 – 16 February 1993) was an Israeli film director, born in Romania. He directed the first-ever Israeli LGBT-themed film and most of his films were based on events that happened in his own personal life. Biography Guttman was born in Sita Buzăului, district of Covasna, in Transylvania, Romania and emigrated to Israel at the age of seven with his family. He studied film at Beit Zvi. Between 1975 and 1982, Guttman directed three short films: ''A Safe Place'', ''Returning Premiers'', and ''Drifting''. In 1983, he directed his feature debut, ''Drifting (1983 film), Drifting'' (no relation to the earlier short film). He then directed three other feature films: ''Bar 51'' (1985), ''Himmo, King of Jerusalem'' (1987), and ''Amazing Grace (1992 film), Amazing Grace'' (1992). Guttman was an openly Gay men, gay man, and most of his films—except ''Himmo, King of Jerusalem'', a film about the 1947–1949 Palestine war, based on a story by Yoram Kaniuk—explor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics (Romania)
The National Institute of Statistics (, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conducting Romania's census every ten years, with the latest census being organised in 2022. Leadership The head of the NIS is currently Tudorel Andrei, while the three vice-presidents are: * Ioan-Silviu VÎRVA, in charge of economic and social statistics * Marian Chivu, in charge of national accounts and the dissemination of statistical information * Beatrix Gered, in charge of IT activities and statistical infrastructure History Romania's first official statistics body was the Central Office for Administrative Statistics (''Oficiul Central de Statistică Administrativă''), established on July 12, 1859, under the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The organisation, one of the first national statistics organisations in Europe, conducted its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Romanian Census
The 2021 Romanian census () was a census held in Romania between 1 February and 31 July 2022, with the reference day for the census data set at 1 December 2021. The census was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into contact with ill or quarantined people. It was the first census held in Romania in which data was collected online, something that had support among Romanian youth. The census was divided into three phases: one in which personal data of the Romanian population was collected from various sites; another in which the population was to complete more precise data such as religion, in which town halls would help the natives of rural areas to answer the census; and a third one in which census takers would go to the homes and households of those who did not register their data online. Data for this census was planned not to be collected on paper, but inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Romanian Census
The 2011 Romanian census was a census held in Romania between 20 and 31 October 2011. It was performed by some 120,000 census takers in around 101,000 statistic sectors throughout the country established by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Romania. Preparations started already in 2009, and it was announced that the process would not end until 2014. Anyone who did not answer questions in the census questionnaire would be fined between 1,500 and 4,500 Romanian lei, although 4 of the 100 questions related to the respondent's ethnicity, mother language, religion, and possible disabilities were not mandatory. Preliminary results were released once on 2 February 2012 and again on 20 August 2012. The final definitive result of the census came out on 4 July 2013, showing that, among other things, Romania had lost 1,559,300 people since the 2002 census, consequently having 20,121,641 inhabitants. Some people like sociologist Vasile Ghețău, director of the Center of Demog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germans Of Romania
The Germans of Romania (; ; ) represent one of the most significant historical Minorities of Romania, ethnic minorities of Romania from the Modern era, modern period onwards. Throughout Kingdom of Romania#The interbellum years, the interwar period, the total number of ethnic Germans in the country amounted to as many as 800,000 (according to some sources and estimates dating to 1939, just on the verge of World War II), a figure which has subsequently drastically fallen to 36,000 (according to the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census) and dropped even more to 22,900 (as per the 2021 Romanian census, postponed one year because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, COVID-19 pandemic and conducted in 2022). Following the decreasing trend of the overall population of Romania, the German community of the country is expected to continue shrinking in numbers as well, as it has already been officially reported by the partial results of the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census. Overview and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarians In Romania
The Hungarian minority of Romania (, ; ) is the largest Minorities of Romania, ethnic minority in Romania. As per the 2021 Romanian census, 1,002,151 people (6% of respondents) declared themselves Hungarian, while 1,038,806 people (6.3% of respondents) stated that Hungarian language, Hungarian was their mother tongue. Most Hungarians, ethnic Hungarians of Romania live in areas that were parts of Hungary before the Treaty of Trianon of 1920. Encompassed in a region known as Transylvania, the most prominent of these areas is known generally as Székely Land (; ), where Hungarians comprise the majority of the population. Transylvania, in the larger sense, also includes the historic regions of Banat, Crișana and Maramureș. There are forty-one counties of Romania; Hungarians form a large majority of the population in the counties of Harghita County, Harghita (85.21%) and Covasna County, Covasna (73.74%), and a large percentage in Mureș County, Mureș (38.09%), Satu Mare Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, common culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, they speak the Romanian language and live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians. In one interpretation of the 1989 census results in Moldova, the majority of Moldovans were counted as ethnic Romanians as well.''Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook By'' David Levinson (author), David Levinson, Published 1998 – Greenwood Publishing Group.At the time of the 1989 census, Moldova's total population was 4,335,400. The largest nationality in the republic, ethnic Romanians, numbered 2,795,000 persons, accounting for 64.5 percent of the population. Source U.S. Library of Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feldioara
Feldioara (, ; or ''Barcaföldvár'') is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, about north of the city of Brașov. It is composed of three villages: Colonia Reconstrucția (''Bohntelep''), Feldioara, and Rotbav (''Rothbach''; ''Szászveresmart''). Geography The commune is located in the east-central part of the county, in the northern reaches of the Burzenland. It is situated on the left bank of the Olt River, which mostly follows the border with Covasna County. The rivers Bârsa and Homorod discharge into the Olt near Feldioara. The commune is crossed by national road , which links Brașov with Sighișoara and Târgu Mureș. Road branches off in Feldioara, passes through Sfântu Gheorghe ( to the east) and Covasna, and ends in Întorsura Buzăului. The train stations in Feldioara and Rotbav serve the CFR Main Line 300, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea. Name Feldioara Feldioara has a medieval fortress long believed to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covasna
Covasna (, , , ) is a town in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania, at an altitude of . It is known for its natural mineral waters and mofettas. The town administers one village, Chiuruș (). The village has a population of 451 and has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. Before Orbaiszék merged with Sepsiszék and Kézdiszék to create Háromszék County, in 1876, Covasna was the capital village of Orbaiszék. Name origin There are several theories regarding the origin of the city's name, the most recognized one being that it originates from the Slavic ''kvas'', which means "bitter", referring to the taste of the mineral water springs located in the city. According to Szabó Gyula (1914–1984), some legends suggest that the name of ''Kovászna'' might have been the result of a fusion between the name of "''Kó''" and the word "''vászon''" (it means ''canvas'' in Hungarian), thus meaning "''Kó's canvas''". Theories suggest that the individual of "''Kó''" might hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Întorsura Buzăului
Întorsura Buzăului ( ) is a town in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers three villages: Brădet (''Bredét''), Floroaia (''Virágospatak''), and Scrădoasa. Geography The town is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with Brașov County, and lies on the left bank of the Buzău River. The town's name means ''Buzău's Turning'' in Romanian; it gets its name from being located near a large turn that the river takes. The river initially flows northwards, but takes a sudden turn towards the south-east near the town. Întorsura Buzăului is located at altitude, in a depression, surrounded by the , Ciucaș, and mountains. Due to its location, the town registers the lowest temperatures in Romania every year. The town is some southeast of the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe, and south of Covasna. It is traversed by national road DN10, which links Brașov to Buzău. This road passes through the Carpathian Mountains and for most of its length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
