Arad
Micălaca is a neighbourhood in the east of Arad, Romania, approximately 5 km from the city center. The Mureș River flows through the neighbourhood. It is the most populated neighbourhood in Arad, with a population of 50.000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Teodor Stoica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb with 169,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Altarad”, “Aradinum Vetus”, “Micălaca”, “Murăşel”, “Mureşel”, “Ō-Arad”, “Orodinum”, and “Zsigmondháza”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortress of Arad and Palace of Culture.
Fortress of Arad
Castle
The Fortress of Arad is a fortification system built in the city of Arad in Kingdom of Hungary, on the left bank of the Mureș River in the 18th century at the direct order of the Habsburg Queen Maria Theresa.
Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre
Theater building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fântânele and Aradul Nou.
Fântânele
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fântânele is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Arad.
Aradul Nou
Suburb
Photo: Teodor Stoica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aradul Nou is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Arad.
Funcționarilor
Suburb
Photo: Teodor Stoica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Funcționarilor is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Arad.
Arad
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Arad, Arad County, Crișana, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.1736° or 46° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
21.357° or 21° 21′ 25″ eastPopulation
169,000Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)IATA airport code
ARWUnited Nations Location Code
RO ARWOpen location code
8GR359F4+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 8417825595OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
686254Wikidata ID
Q1177009
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Arad” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Арад”
- Catalan: “Arad”
- Czech: “Arad”
- Danish: “Arad”
- Dutch: “Arad”
- Dutch: “Micălaca”
- Esperanto: “Arad”
- Esperanto: “Micalaca”
- Esperanto: “Micălaca”
- Esperanto: “Mikelaka”
- Estonian: “Arad”
- Finnish: “Arad”
- French: “Arad”
- German: “Arad”
- Hebrew: “ערד”
- Hungarian: “Arad”
- Hungarian: “Mikelaka”
- Indonesian: “Arad”
- Irish: “Micălaca”
- Italian: “Arad”
- Latin: “Aradia”
- Norwegian: “Arad”
- Polish: “Arad”
- Portuguese: “Arad”
- Romanian: “Arad”
- Romanian: “Micălaca”
- Russian: “Арад”
- Russian: “Микэлака”
- Serbian: “Арад”
- Spanish: “Arad”
- Swedish: “Arad”
- Western Frisian: “Arad”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Arad”. Photo: Teodor Stoica, CC BY-SA 4.0.