Sălaj County

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Sălaj County
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Development region:	Nord-Vest |- | Capital city: | Zalău |- | Population:  • As of 2002:  • Population density: | 248,015 64/km² |- | Area: | 3,864 km² |- | Codes:  • Car numbers  • | SJ RO-SJ |- | Telephone code: | (+40) x60 (1) |- | Web:   | [County Council] [Prefecture] |- bgcolor="#BBDEFD" ! colspan="2" align="left" | 1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3 |} Sălaj (IPA: [sə.'laʒ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical region Transylvania, with the capital city at Zalău. Contents 1 Neighbours 2 Demographics 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 Administrative divisions 6.1 Municipality 6.2 Towns 6.3 Communes Neighbours Bihor County to the west. Maramureş County and Satu Mare County to the north. Cluj County to the south and east. Demographics In 2002, it had a population of 248,015 and the population density was 64/km². Romanians - 71.23% Hungarians - 23.04% Roma - 5.05% Slovaks - 0.55% Other or undeclared ethnicity - 0.13% [official statistics] [edrc] The Hungarians refer to the Sălaj county with the name Szilágy. Geography This county has a total area of 3,864 km². It lies in the area between the Apuseni Mountains and the Eastern Carpathians known as the Someş River Platform. The county is crossed by the Someş River. Some of the smaller rivers are: Crasna, Barcău, Almaş, Agrij and Sălaj. Economy The predominant industries in the county are: Machine and automotive components Food Textiles Wood, furniture and paper Tourism The main tourist attractions in the county are: Museums in Zalău and Şimleu Silvaniei. Wooden churches in Fildu de Sus, Sânmihaiu Almaşului, Baica, Racâş. Castles in Jibou and Şimleu Silvaniei. Administrative divisions The county has one municipality, 3 towns and 56 communes. Municipality Zalău - capital city; population: 71,580 Towns Cehu Silvaniei Jibou Sarmasag Şimleu Silvaniei Communes Crasna Poiana Blenchii Treznea Counties of Romania Alba | Arad | Argeş | Bacău | Bihor | Bistriţa-Năsăud | Botoşani | Braşov | Brăila | Buzău | Caraş-Severin | Călăraşi | Cluj | Constanţa | Covasna | Dâmboviţa | Dolj | Galaţi | Giurgiu | Gorj | Harghita | Hunedoara | Ialomiţa | Iaşi | Ilfov | Maramureş | Mehedinţi | Mureş | Neamţ | Olt | Prahova | Satu Mare | Sălaj | Sibiu | Suceava | Teleorman | Timiş | Tulcea | Vaslui | Vâlcea | Vrancea   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: