Mara
Mara is a village in Desești, Maramureș and has about 1,120 residents. Mara is situated nearby to the village Hărnicești, as well as near Hoteni.- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: village in Maramureș County, Romania
- Also known as: “Craceşti”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Parascheva Church.
Saint Parascheva Church
Church
Saint Parascheva Church is a Romanian Orthodox church in Desești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania. Built in 1770, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed as a historic monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Saint Parascheva Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Mara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Desești and Hărnicești.
Mara
Latitude
47.75552° or 47° 45′ 20″ north
Longitude
23.83126° or 23° 49′ 53″ east
Population
1,120
Elevation
461 metres (1,512 feet)
Open location code
8GV5QR4J+6G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Mara” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mara”
- Chechen: “Мара (Румыни)”
- Chechen: “Мара”
- Dutch: “Mara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مارا”
- Esperanto: “Krácsfalva”
- Esperanto: “Mara”
- French: “Mara”
- Hungarian: “Krácsfalva”
- Italian: “Mara”
- Polish: “Mara (okręg Marmarosz)”
- Polish: “Mara”
- Romanian: “Crăcești”
- Romanian: “Mara (Desești), Maramureș”
- Romanian: “Mara, Maramureș”
- Romanian: “Mara”
- Russian: “Мара”
- Serbian: “Мара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mara, Desești”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mara”
- Tatar: “Мара (Румыния)”
- Tatar: “Мара”
- Ukrainian: “Мара”
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