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Banat

Banat is a geographical and historical region located in the or Carpathian Basin that straddles and . It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western ; the western part of Banat is in northeastern ; and a small northern part lies within southeastern .
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is a university city and industrial centre in western , with a multicultural heritage due to its location in the Banat region and a history of ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity.

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is a city in western and the capital of . It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic, Cuptoare, Doman, Moniom, Secu, and Țerova.

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is a city of 40,000 people in , Banat, . The river Timiș divides the city into two halves, the so-called Romanian that spreads on the right bank and the German on the left bank.

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is a city in , part of the Banat region in southwestern . One village, Jupa, is administered by the city. The city is located at the confluence of the Timiș River with the , the latter flowing from the .

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is a port city on the river in southwestern 's . It is one of four localities in the Banat historical region situated just above the Iron Gates where the Cerna River meets the Danube.

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is a spa town in Caraș-Severin County, . The history of this town goes way back to second century.

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is a town in , , and the westernmost in the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with and , it has a population of 10,627 as of 2021.

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is a town in the Banat region of , in , with a population of 9,346 in 2021. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgtheater in .

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is a town in , in the Banat region of , with a population of 12,949 in 2021.

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is a town in , , with a population of about 6,600. The town administers ten villages: Bătești, Begheiu Mic, Bichigi, Brănești, Bunea Mare, Bunea Mică, Colonia Mică, Jupânești, Povârgina and Temerești.

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is a town in Caraș-Severin County, Banat, . is located between Cheile Nerei-Beușnița National Park and Semenic-Cheile Carașului National Park.

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is a town of 11,000 people in the Banat region of .

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is a town in , . It administers a single village, Opatița.

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is a town in , . Six villages are administered by the town: Bazoș, Herneacova, Izvin, Nadăș, Petrovaselo, and Stanciova. It received town status in April 2004. is best known for the wine produced in the surrounding hills.

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is a town of 7,000 people in Timis County, Banat, . Once one of the most renowned spa resorts of Austria-Hungary, today it is mostly in ruins, although some parts were restored in the 2010s.

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is a town in , . It administers four villages: Cebza, Macedonia, Obad and Petroman. When it was declared a town in 2004, the villages of Gad and Ghilad, which it administered up to that point, were split off to form commune.

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is a town in , . It administers five villages: Butin, Percosova, Sculia, Șemlacu Mare, and Șemlacu Mic. Declared a town in 2004, it also administered four other villages until that time, when they were split off to form commune.

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is a commune in , western with a population of 1887 people. It is composed of five villages: Bogodinț, Potoc, , Sasca Română and Slatina-Nera.

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is a commune in , western , with a population of 1,822 people. It is composed of a single village, .

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Cheile Nerei-Beușnița National Park is in the Banat region of , in Caraș-Severin County.

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Semenic-Cheile Carașului National Park is in the Banat region of , in Caraș-Severin County.

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The is a 115,666-hectare natural park located in southwestern . It includes the Romanian part of the Iron Gate of the Danube River, and stretches along the left bank of the river in the counties of and .

Banat

Latitude of center
45.7558° or 45° 45′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
21.5522° or 21° 33′ 8″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2563285683
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q170143
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Banat” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Banati”
  • Arabic: “بانات”
  • Aragonese: “Banato de Temesvar”
  • Aragonese: “Banato”
  • Armenian: “Բանատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Banat”
  • Basque: “Banat”
  • Belarusian: “Банат”
  • Bosnian: “Banat”
  • Bulgarian: “Банат”
  • Catalan: “Banat”
  • Catalan: “Bànat”
  • Catalan: “El Banat”
  • Central Kurdish: “بانات”
  • Chinese: “巴納特”
  • Chinese: “巴纳特”
  • Chuvash: “Банат”
  • Croatian: “Banat”
  • Czech: “Banát”
  • Czech: “Temešský Banát”
  • Danish: “Banat”
  • Danish: “Banatet”
  • Dutch: “Banaat”
  • Dutch: “Banat”
  • Esperanto: “Banat”
  • Esperanto: “Bánát”
  • Esperanto: “Banato”
  • Esperanto: “Bánság”
  • Estonian: “Banaat”
  • Estonian: “Banat”
  • Finnish: “Baanaatti”
  • Finnish: “Banat”
  • Finnish: “Bánát”
  • French: “Banat historique”
  • French: “Banat”
  • Galician: “Banato”
  • Georgian: “ბანატი”
  • German: “Banat”
  • German: “Bánát”
  • Greek: “Βανάτο”
  • Hebrew: “באנאט”
  • Hungarian: “Bánát”
  • Hungarian: “Bánság”
  • Ido: “Banat (historiala regiono)”
  • Ido: “Banat”
  • Indonesian: “Banat”
  • Italian: “Banat”
  • Italian: “Banato”
  • Italian: “Banovine”
  • Japanese: “バナート”
  • Japanese: “バナート地方”
  • Japanese: “バナト”
  • Korean: “바나트”
  • Latin: “Banatus”
  • Latvian: “Banata”
  • Limburgan: “Banaat”
  • Lithuanian: “Banatas”
  • Macedonian: “Банат”
  • Malay: “Banat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Banat”
  • Norwegian: “Banat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Banat”
  • Ossetian: “Банат”
  • Persian: “بانات”
  • Polish: “Banat Temeszwar”
  • Polish: “Banat”
  • Portuguese: “Banat”
  • Portuguese: “Banato”
  • Romanian: “Banat”
  • Romanian: “Temişana”
  • Romanian: “Temișana”
  • Russian: “Банат”
  • Russian: “Баншаг”
  • Russian: “Темешварский Банат”
  • Scots: “Banat”
  • Serbian: “Banat”
  • Serbian: “Банат”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Banat”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Банат”
  • Sicilian: “Banat”
  • Slovak: “Banát”
  • Slovenian: “Banat”
  • Spanish: “Banat”
  • Spanish: “Banato”
  • Spanish: “Bánato”
  • Swedish: “Banatet”
  • Swiss German: “Banat”
  • Tatar: “Banat”
  • Thai: “บานชาก”
  • Thai: “บานัต”
  • Thai: “บานาต”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Banat”
  • Turkish: “banat”
  • Turkish: “Banat”
  • Tyap: “Banat”
  • Tyap: “Ba̱nat”
  • Ukrainian: “Банат”
  • Urdu: “بانات”
  • Venetian: “Banà”
  • Vietnamese: “Banat”
  • Western Panjabi: “بانات”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴纳特”

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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 “Banat”. Photo: George Damian, CC BY 2.0.