Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (Romanian: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ] (
listen); Hungarian: [Marosvásárhely] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), IPA: [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj] ( listen)) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city. About 134,290 lived here based of the 2011 census.
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Marosvásárhely | |
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City | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Mureș County | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′44″N 24°33′45″E / 46.54556°N 24.56250°ECoordinates: 46°32′44″N 24°33′45″E / 46.54556°N 24.56250°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Template:RO-MS |
| Status | County capital |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Soós Zoltán (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • City | 49.3 km2 (19.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • City | 134,290 |
| • Density | 2,593/km2 (6,720/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 212,752 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Romanians | 51.9% |
| • Hungarians | 45.2% |
| • Roma | 2.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 540xyz1 |
| Car Plates | MS-N3 |
| Website | www |
| 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.) | |
Târgu Mureș Media
A trilingual town sign in Târgu Mureș. Marosvásárhely is the Hungarian name and Neumarkt am Mieresch, German. The top sign reflects the pre-1993 version Tîrgu-Mureș.
Marus-Vasarhely on the Map of Joseph II
1860 engraving depicting the Reformed Church within the Citadel
The centre with the reformed and catholic churches in the 19th century
The city centre in 1911 with the musical fountain of Péter Bodor
Târgu Mureș in the 1960s
Street sign in Târgu Mureş
Azomureș industrial plant
Districts of the city in Romanian
References
- ↑ "Romanian census 2002". Edrc.ro. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
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