Transylvania

Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, Serbian: ????????????? / Transilvanija, Bulgarian: ???????????? (Transilvaniya) or ???????????? (Sedmogradsko), ???????????? (Sedmigradsko), Turkish: Erdel, Slovak: Sedmohradsko or Transylvánia, Polish: Siedmiogród) forms the western and central parts of Romania. Transylvania was a principality during the Middle Ages.

Geography

Transylvania comprises the regions of Maramure?, Banat, Cri?ana and Ardeal (proper Transylvania). It forms the center and western parts of Romania. A high plateau inside the Carpathian mountain ranges, Transylvania's relief reaches towards the Pannonian plain.

Related Topics:
Maramure? - Banat - Cri?ana - Romania - Plateau - Carpathian - Pannonian plain

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The Transylvanian plateau, 300 to 500 metres (1,000-1,600 feet) high, is drained by the Mure?, Some?, Cri?, and Olt rivers, as well as other tributaries of the Danube. Cluj-Napoca (318,027) is the chief city; other major urban centers are Timi?oara (317,651), Bra?ov (283,901), Oradea (206,527), Arad (172,824), Sibiu (155,045), Târgu Mure? (149,577), Baia Mare (137,976), and Satu Mare (115,630).

Related Topics:
Mure? - Some? - Cri? - Olt - Danube - Cluj-Napoca - Timi?oara - Bra?ov - Oradea - Arad - Sibiu - Târgu Mure? - Baia Mare - Satu Mare

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