Jibou
Jibou is a town in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2021 it had a population of 9,677. Jibou includes the town proper and other four villages: Rona, Cuceu, Husia, and Var.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alexandru M., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 10,200 residents
- Description: town in Sălaj County, Romania
- Also known as: “Jibau”, “Jiboul”, “Siben”, and “Zsibó”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wesselenyi castle in Jibou and Jibou Botanical Garden.
Jibou Botanical Garden
Garden
The Jibou Botanical Garden, now named after its founder, Vasile Fati, is a botanical garden located in Jibou, Romania. The Botanical Garden is situated in the north-east side of Jibou, on the second bank of Someș River.
Castelul Béldy din Jibou
Castle
Photo: Kjetil r, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Castelul Béldy din Jibou is a castle, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Jibou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husia and Var.
Var
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Var is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Jibou.
Prodănești
Village
Photo: Bogdan salaj, CC BY 2.5.
Prodănești is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of Jibou.
Jibou
- Categories: town in Romania and locality
- Location: Oraș Jibou, Sălaj County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.26038° or 47° 15′ 37″ northLongitude
23.25789° or 23° 15′ 28″ eastPopulation
10,200Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO JB9Open location code
8GV57765+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 133060081OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Yiddish—“Jibou” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Жибоу”
- Catalan: “Jibou”
- Cebuano: “Jibou”
- Cebuano: “Oraș Jibou”
- Chinese: “日博烏”
- Czech: “Jibou”
- Danish: “Jibou”
- Dutch: “Jibou”
- Dutch: “Siben”
- Dutch: “Zsibó”
- Esperanto: “Jibou”
- Esperanto: “Siben”
- Esperanto: “Zsibó”
- Estonian: “Jibou”
- French: “Jibou”
- French: “Siben”
- French: “Zsibó”
- German: “Jibou”
- German: “Siben”
- German: “Zsibó”
- Hebrew: “ז’יבו”
- Hebrew: “ז’יבואו”
- Hebrew: “ז’יבוי”
- Hebrew: “זיבן”
- Hungarian: “Jibou”
- Hungarian: “Siben”
- Hungarian: “Zsibó”
- Indonesian: “Jibou”
- Irish: “Jibou”
- Italian: “Jibou”
- Italian: “Siben”
- Italian: “Zsibó”
- Japanese: “ジボウ”
- Latin: “Jibou”
- Macedonian: “Жибоу”
- Malay: “Jibou”
- Minangkabau: “Jibou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jibou”
- Persian: “ژیبو”
- Polish: “Jibou”
- Portuguese: “Jibou”
- Portuguese: “Siben”
- Portuguese: “Zsibó”
- Romanian: “Jibou”
- Romanian: “Siben”
- Romanian: “Zsibó”
- Russian: “Жибоу”
- Serbian: “Жибоу”
- Serbian: “Општина Жибоу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Jibou, Sălaj”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Jibou”
- Slovak: “Jibou”
- Spanish: “Jibou”
- Spanish: “Siben”
- Spanish: “Zsibó”
- Tajik: “Жибоу”
- Ukrainian: “Жибоу”
- Vietnamese: “Jibou”
- Yiddish: “זשיבוי”
- “Jibou”
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