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Cluj-Napoca ( Romanian: [ˈkluʒ naˈpoka] ⓘ ), or simply Cluj ( Hungarian: Kolozsvár [ˈkoloʒvaːr] ⓘ, German: Klausenburg ), is the second-most populous city in Romania [5] and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (445 kilometres (277 miles)), Budapest ...
The Cluj metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Cluj County, which includes Cluj-Napoca and 19 communes nearby: Aiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonțida, Borșa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Florești, Gilău, Gârbau, Jucu, Petreștii de Jos, Săvădisla, Sânpaul, Tureni, Vultureni. The total area of the metropolitan area is ...
Drobeta-Turnu Severin ( Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin] ⓘ ), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. It is one of six Romanian county seats lying on the Danube river. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at ...
After World War I, when Austria-Hungary broke up and Transylvania (including Cluj) joined Romania, a Romanian university was founded in 1920; it used the existing Central University Library (dedicated in the presence of the royal family and renamed the Library of King Ferdinand I University) and the Library of the Transylvanian Museum, still ...
Cluj-Napoca Metro. The Cluj-Napoca Metro is an underground rapid-transit system under construction in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. When opened, it will become Romania's second mass transit network after the Bucharest Metro. The system is of light metro type with a transport capacity of around 15,200–21,600 passengers per hour per direction.
Centru, Cluj-Napoca. / 46.77000°N 23.59139°E / 46.77000; 23.59139. Centru ( Romanian for centre) is the main cultural, financial, administrative and commercial area in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The centre consists of three main squares, the Piaţa Unirii, Piaţa Mihai Viteazul and Piaţa Avram Iancu. It also contains a number of smaller ...
Odorheiu Secuiesc ( Romanian pronunciation: [odorˌheju sekuˈjesk]; Hungarian: Székelyudvarhely, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈseːkɛjudvɒrhɛj] ⓘ; German: Odorhellen) is the second largest municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as Odorhei in Romanian and Udvarhely in Hungarian.
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