Cluj-Napoca

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Coordinates: 46°46′N 23°35′E / 46.767°N 23.583°E / 46.767; 23.583

City
Cluj Biserica Sfântul Mihail.jpg
Teatrul National din Cluj-Napoca.jpg
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Coat of arms of
Coat of arms
 
Country Romania
CountyActual Cluj county CoA.png Cluj
Metropolitan areaCluj-Napoca metropolitan area
StatusCounty capital
Founded1213 (first official record as Clus)
Government
 • MayorEmil Boc (PNL)
 • Deputy MayorGheorghe Șurubaru (PNL)
 • Deputy MayorAnna Horváth (UDMR)
Area
 • City179.5 km2 (69.3 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,537.5 km2 (593.6 sq mi)
Elevation
340 m (1,120 ft)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • City324,576
 • Estimate 
(2016)[5]
321,687
 • Density1,808/km2 (4,680/sq mi)
 • Metro
411,379[3]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
400xyz1
Car PlatesCJ-N3
Websiteprimariaclujnapoca.ro
1x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
3used just on the plates of vehicles that operate only within the city limits (such as trolley buses, trams, utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.)

Cluj-Napoca (pronunciation in Romanian: Loudspeaker.png /'kluʒ na'poka/ (info • help); Hungarian: Kolozsvár; German: Klausenburg; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; Yiddish: קלויזנבורג), until 1974 Cluj, is the third biggest city in Romania,[6] and is the capital city of Cluj County, in the north-western part of Transylvania. Bucharest is about 330 kilometers away from Cluj-Napoca. About 330,000 people live in the city. It also has some famous universities and a rich history as the capital city of Transylvania.

In the west of Cluj-Napoca is the Hoia-Baciu Forest. There is a bicycle park and other sport activities like paintball, airsoft or archery.

Cluj-Napoca Media

  • Romanian inscription of a religious book: "Printed in Klus in the year of our Lord 1703" (translated).

  • Napoca on the Roman Dacia fragment of the 1st–4th century AD Tabula Peutingeriana (upper centre)[7]

  • "Claudiopolis, Coloswar vulgo Clausenburg, Transilvaniæ civitas primaria". Gravure[a] of Cluj by Georg Houfnagel (1617)

  • Josephinische Landaufnahme pg083

  • Neolog Synagogue and Jewish school at the beginning of the 20th century

  • Pair of Hungarian postage stamps cancelled at Kolozsvár in 1915

  • The New York Palace, nowadays the Continental Hotel

  • Clujla,VedereAeriana

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References

  1. ↑ Portretul unui oraș (in Romanian) (21 September 2007)Clujeanul. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  2. ↑ A kincses város (in Hungarian) (December 2004)UFI. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  3. ↑ Rezultate definitive ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor – 2011 – analiza (5 July 2013)Cluj County Regional Statistics Directorate. Retrieved 2013-07-05.[dead link]
  4. ↑ Comunicat de presă privind rezultatele finale ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor – 2011 (5 July 2013)Cluj County Regional Statistics Directorate. Retrieved 2013-07-05.[dead link]
  5. ↑ Populaţia României pe localitati la 1 ianuarie 2016 (in Romanian) (6 June 2016)INSSE. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Populaţia la 1 iulie 2007 pe localităţi (in Romanian) (2007-07-01)National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  7. ↑ Bunbury 1879, p. 516.

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