Sighetul Marmatiei

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Sighetul Marmaţiei

 

a city in northern Rumania; located on the Tisa River in the district of Maramureş. Population, 36,400 (1974). The city has woodworking, textile, food-processing, and metalworking industries.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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