Crişana-Maramureş (krĭshä`nä-märäm
`rĭsh), historic province, NW Romania, between Transylvania and Hungary. It covers approximately the present-day regions of Crişana (4,725 sq mi/12,238 sq km) and of Maramureş (4,053 sq mi/10,497 sq km). Arad Arad (äräd`), city (1990 pop. 203,198), W Romania, in the Banat, on the Mureşul River, near the Hungarian border.
..... Click the link for more information. , Oradea Oradea (orä`dyä) or Oradea-Mare
..... Click the link for more information. , and Satu-Mare Satu-Mare (sä`t-mä`rĕ), Hung.
..... Click the link for more information. are the chief cities. The region occupies the easternmost part of the Hungarian plain and the western foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. It is largely agricultural. Crişana-Maramureş was part of Hungary until 1919 and retains a sizable Hungarian minority.
`rĭsh), historic province, NW Romania, between Transylvania and Hungary. It covers approximately the present-day regions of Crişana (4,725 sq mi/12,238 sq km) and of Maramureş (4,053 sq mi/10,497 sq km). Arad Arad (äräd`), city (1990 pop. 203,198), W Romania, in the Banat, on the Mureşul River, near the Hungarian border...... Click the link for more information. , Oradea Oradea (orä`dyä) or Oradea-Mare
..... Click the link for more information. , and Satu-Mare Satu-Mare (sä`t
-mä`rĕ), Hung...... Click the link for more information. are the chief cities. The region occupies the easternmost part of the Hungarian plain and the western foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. It is largely agricultural. Crişana-Maramureş was part of Hungary until 1919 and retains a sizable Hungarian minority.
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