Jimbolia

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Jimbolia (Romanian IPA pronunciation: /ʒim.'bo.li.a/, Hungarian: Zsombolya, German: Hatzfeld, Serbian: Žombolj/Жомбољ, Banat Bulgarian: Džimbolj) is a town in Timiş county, Romania. In 2004, it had a population of 11,605.

The town was first mentioned in a written record in a papal tax record in 1333 as Chumbul. It was colonized in 1766 by Danube Swabians and renamed Hatzfeld. In 1920, it became part of Romania with the name Jimbolia.

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