Transylvania - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

Bihor Arad Timiş Caraş-Severin Hunedoara Satu Mare Sălaj Alba Sibiu Braşov Covasna Harghita Mureş Cluj Bistriţa-Năsăud Maramureş

Light 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 2002 census):

• Cluj-Napoca (317,953)
• Timişoara (317,660)
• Braşov (284,596)
• Oradea (206,614)
• Arad (172,827)
• Sibiu (154,892)
• Târgu Mureş (150,041)
• Baia Mare (137,921)
• Satu Mare (115,142)