Geography and Ethnography
The Transylvanian plateau, 300 to 500 metres (1,000-1,600 feet) high, is drained by the Mureş, Someş, Criş, and Olt rivers, as well as other tributaries of the Danube. This core of historical Transylvania roughly corresponds with nine counties of modern Romania. Other areas to the west and north, which also united with Romania in 1918 (inside the border established by peace treaties in 1919-20), are since that time widely considered part of Transylvania.
- Transylvania proper:
- Amlaş
- Ţara Bârsei (Burzenland)
- Chioar
- Făgăraş
- Haţeg
- Kalotaszeg (Ţara Călatei)
- Mărginimea Sibiului
- The Transylvanian Plain (Câmpia Transilvaniei/Mezőség)
- Székely Land
- Ţara Moţilor
- Ţara Năsăudului (Nösnerland)
- Ţinutul Pădurenilor
- Banat
- Crişana
- Ţara Zarandului
- Maramureş
- Ţara Lǎpuşului
- Ţara Oaşului
See also Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary. In common reference, the Western border of Transylvania has come to be identified with the present Romanian-Hungarian border, settled in the Treaty of Trianon, although geographically the two are not identical.
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