Ohaba Lungă (formerly Ohaba Românească; ; ) is a commune in

Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of four villages: Dubești, Ierșnic, Ohaba Lungă (commune seat) and Ohaba Română. Ohaba Lungă is one of the poorest and least populated communes in Timiș County.

History

The first recorded mention of Ohaba Lungă dates from 1440. In 1447 it belonged to

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...

and was the property of Miklós Bánffy. Between 1597–1620 the commune comes into the successive possession of several noblemen, following royal donations (István Török, István Bethlen). In the Turkish

defter A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Etymology The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...

s from the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century it is mentioned as ''Oláh-Ohaba'' or "Romanian Ohaba", which proves the continuity of the Romanian character of the settlement. By 1890 it belongs to Bálinc District and has 357 inhabitants.

Demographics

Ohaba Lungă had a population of 1,084 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 12% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are

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, ...

(92.9%), larger minorities being represented by

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

(2.31%) and Roma (1.11%). For 3.32% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (82.84%), but there are also minorities of

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s (12.08%) and

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

s (1.48%). For 3.32% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.

Gallery

File:Biserica de lemn din Dube;ti.jpg, Wooden church in Dubești File:Biserica ortodoxă Cuvioasa Parascheva, Ierșnic.jpg, St. Paraskeva Orthodox church in Ierșnic File:Biserica din Ohaba Română.jpg, Church in Ohaba Română

References

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