Hungarian Minority In Romania
The Hungarian minority of Romania is the largest ethnic minority in Romania, consisting of 1,237,746 people and making up 6.5% of the total population, according to the 2011 census.
Most ethnic Hungarians of Romania live in areas that were, before the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, parts of Hungary. These areas are today known as Transylvania, where Hungarians make up 18.9% of the population. The region also includes the historic regions of Banat, Crişana and Maramureş. Hungarians form a large majority of the population in the counties of Harghita (84.80%) and Covasna (73.59%), and a large percentage in Mureş (37.82%), Satu Mare (34.50%), Bihor (25.18%), Sălaj (23.25%) and Cluj (15.69%) counties.
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