Administrative Divisions
Bihor Arad Timiş Caraş-Severin Hunedoara Satu Mare Sălaj Alba Sibiu Braşov Covasna Harghita Mureş Cluj Bistriţa-Năsăud MaramureşLight yellow – historical region of Transylvania
Dark yellow – historical regions of Banat, Crișana and Maramureș
Grey – historical regions of Wallachia, Moldavia and Dobruja
The area of the historical Voivodeship is 21,292 sq mi/55,146 km2.
The region granted to Romania in 1920 covered 23 counties including nearly 102,200 km² (102,787–103,093 in Hungarian sources and 102,200 in contemporary Romanian documents) now due to the several administrative reorganisations Transylvania covers 16 present-day counties (Romanian: judeţ) which include nearly 99,837 km² of central and northwest Romania. The 16 counties are:
- Alba
- Arad
- Bihor
- Bistriţa-Năsăud
- Braşov
- Caraş-Severin
- Cluj
- Covasna
- Harghita
- Hunedoara
- Maramureş
- Mureş
- Sălaj
- Satu Mare
- Sibiu
- Timiş
The most populous cities (as of 2011 census):
- Cluj-Napoca (309,136)
- Timişoara (303,708)
- Braşov (227,961)
- Oradea (183,123)
- Arad (147,992)
- Sibiu (137,026)
- Târgu Mureş (127,849)
- Baia Mare (114,925)
- Satu Mare (94,948)
Read more about this topic: Culture Of Transylvania
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