Alțâna
Alțâna is a commune in the north of Sibiu County, Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. It is composed of three villages: Alțâna, Benești, and Ghijasa de Sus.
- Type: commune of Romania with 1,560 residents
- Description: commune in Sibiu County, Romania
- Also known as: “143888”, “Alțina”, “Comuna Altana”, “Comuna Alțâna”, and “Comuna Alțîna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Fortified Church of Alțâna and Saint Nicholas church in Benești.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benești and Vecerd.
Alțâna
- Location: Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.9553° or 45° 57′ 19″ north
Longitude
24.4614° or 24° 27′ 41″ east
Population
1,560
Elevation
458 metres (1,503 feet)
Open location code
8GQ6XF46+4H
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Alțâna” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Comuna Alțina”
- Chechen: “Алцина (коммуна)”
- Chechen: “Алцина”
- Chinese: “Alţâna”
- Chinese: “阿爾策納鄉”
- Dutch: “Alțâna”
- Dutch: “Alțina”
- Esperanto: “Alțâna”
- Esperanto: “Altina (Serbio)”
- French: “Alțâna”
- French: “Altina”
- German: “Alțâna”
- German: “Alțina”
- German: “Alzen”
- Hungarian: “Alcina község”
- Irish: “Alțina”
- Italian: “Alțâna”
- Italian: “Alțina”
- Malay: “Alțâna”
- Malay: “Alțina”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alțina”
- Persian: “التانا”
- Portuguese: “Alțâna”
- Portuguese: “Alțina”
- Romanian: “Alțina”
- Romanian: “Comuna Alțâna, Sibiu”
- Romanian: “Comuna Alțina, Sibiu”
- Serbian: “Алтина”
- Serbian: “Општина Алцина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Altina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Alţina, Sibiu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Alțina, Sibiu”
- Spanish: “Alțâna”
- Swedish: “Alțina”
- Tatar: “Алцина (коммуна)”
- Tatar: “Алцина”
- Turkish: “Alțina”
- Ukrainian: “Алцина”
- Vietnamese: “Alțâna”
- Vietnamese: “Alțina”
- Volapük: “Alțina”
- Welsh: “Alțâna”
- “Alțâna”
- “Alțina”
- “Alțîna”
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