Târgu Mureș
city in Mureș County, Romania
Târgu Mureș (Romanian: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ] (
listen); Hungarian: Marosvásárhely, IPA: [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj] (listen)) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city. About 134,290 lived here based of the 2011 census.
Târgu Mureș
Marosvásárhely | |
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City | |
 Top left: Medieval Fortress and Tower of the Reformed Church, Top right: Bob Church, Middle left: Twilight in inner city, Center: The Reformed Church in Szabadi Street, Middle right: Tower of City Hall, Bottom left: Dome of the Synagogue, Bottom right: Statue of Bolyai Farkas and János in Bolyai Square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Mureș County | |
  Târgu Mureș Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′44″N 24°33′45″E / 46.54556°N 24.56250°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Mureș |
| Status | County capital |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Soós Zoltán (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • City | 49.3 km2 (19.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • City | 134,290 |
| • Density | 2,593/km2 (6,720/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 212,752 |
| Demonym(s) | târgmureșean, târgmureșeancă (ro) vásárhelyi (hu) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Romanians | 51.9% |
| • Hungarians | 45.2% |
| • Roma | 2.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 540xyz1 |
| Area code | +40 x652 |
| Car Plates | MS-N3 |
| Website | www |
| 1x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 3used just on the plates of vehicles that operate only within the city limits (such as trolley buses, trams, utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.) | |
References
change- ↑ "Romanian census 2002". Edrc.ro. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
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