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Satu Mare

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Also known as Szatmárnémeti, Sathmar, Szatmarnemeti, Szatmár, Szatmar, Satmer, Szatmár-Németi, Szatmar-Nemeti

city in Satu Mare County, Romania

AI overview

Satu Mare is a city located in Satu Mare County in northwestern Romania. It serves as the administrative center of the county and is an important regional hub for the area.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official name
Satu Mare
Population
91520
Area
150.300000
Elevation
126
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Capital of
Szatmár County
Official website
www.primariasm.ro
Image
Satu Mare, parcul si Hotel Dacia.jpg
Dialing code
02-61
Licence plate code
SM
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twinned administrative body
Uzhhorod
Commons category
Satu Mare
category of associated people
Category:People from Satu Mare
topic's main category
Category:Satu Mare
native label
Satu Mare
postal code
440004–440278
contains settlement
Sătmărel
category for people born here
Category:Births in Satu Mare
Commons gallery
Satu Mare
different from
Satu Mare County
phone number
+40-261807566
historical region
Transylvania
street address
Mun. Satu Mare, P-ta 25 Octombrie, Nr. 1, cod postal 440006
P8168
SPAD
population by native language
29390
email address
mailto:[email protected]
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Cities
inception
1200-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Satu Mare ( pronounced [ˈsatu ˈmare] ; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) is a city in Romania with a population of 91,520 (2021). It is the capital of Satu Mare County as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as castrum Zotmar ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the Nord-Vest development region.

Geography

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