Harghita
Harghita is a county in Transylvania, Romania, part of the Szeklerland. The county is renowned for its spa resorts and mineral waters.Photo: Bogdan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Miercurea Ciuc
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Miercurea Ciuc is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt River valley.
Băile Tuşnad
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Băile Tușnad is a town in Harghita County, Romania in eastern Transylvania. With a population of 1,372, it is the smallest town in Romania by population.
Borsec
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Borsec is a resort in Szeklerland. The town and the surrounding areas are well known for their spas and mineral waters.
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Dârjiu
Dârjiu is a commune of 850 people in Harghita County. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. Over 90% of the residents were ethnically Hungarian in 2021.
Corund
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Corund is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, in the "Salt Region", and is formed of five villages: Atia, Calonda, Corund, Fântâna Brazilor, and Valea lui Pavel.
Harghita
- Type: county of Romania with 292,000 residents
- Description: county in Romania
- Also known as: “Harghita County” and “RO124”
- Neighbors: Brașov County, Covasna County, and Mureș County
- Location: Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Harghita” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Harghita”
- Amharic: “ሃርጊታ ክስተት”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة هارغيتا”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة هرغيتا”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة هرغيتة”
- Aragonese: “Provincia de Harghita”
- Azerbaijani: “Harghita County”
- Azerbaijani: “Hargita judeçi”
- Basque: “Harghita konderria”
- Basque: “Hargita konderria”
- Belarusian: “Гаргіта”
- Belarusian: “жудзец Харгіта”
- Belarusian: “Харгіта (жудзец)”
- Belarusian: “Харгіта”
- Bengali: “হারঘিতা কাউন্টি”
- Bengali: “হার্গিতা কাউন্টি”
- Bosnian: “Harghita (okrug)”
- Bosnian: “Harghita”
- Bulgarian: “Окръг Харгита”
- Bulgarian: “Харгита”
- Catalan: “Comtat d’Harghita”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Harghita”
- Catalan: “Província de Harghita”
- Cebuano: “Harghita”
- Chinese: “Harghita Koān”
- Chinese: “哈尔吉塔县”
- Chinese: “哈爾吉塔縣”
- Croatian: “Harghita”
- Czech: “Harghita”
- Danish: “Harghita”
- Dutch: “District Harghita”
- Dutch: “Harghita”
- Esperanto: “Csíkszék”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Harghita”
- Esperanto: “Gyergyószék”
- Esperanto: “Harghita”
- Esperanto: “Hargita megye”
- Esperanto: “Udvarhelyszék”
- Estonian: “Harghita maakond”
- Finnish: “Harghita”
- French: “Comté de Harghita”
- French: “Harghita”
- French: “Judet de Harghita”
- French: “Judeţ de Harghita”
- French: “Județ de Harghita”
- Galician: “Condado de Harghita”
- Georgian: “ჰარგიტის ჟუდეცი”
- German: “Bezirk Harghita”
- German: “Harghita”
- German: “Hargita”
- German: “Kreis Harghita”
- Greek: “Τζουντέτς της Χαργκίτα”
- Gujarati: “હાર્ઘિટા કાઉન્ટી”
- Hausa: “Harghita County”
- Hebrew: “הרגיטה (מחוז)”
- Hebrew: “הרגיטה”
- Hindi: “हरघिता काउंटी”
- Hungarian: “Hargita megye”
- Indonesian: “County Harghita”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Harghita”
- Irish: “Harghita”
- Italian: “distretto di Harghita”
- Italian: “Distretto di Harghita”
- Italian: “Harghita”
- Italian: “Judetul Harghita”
- Italian: “Judeţul Harghita”
- Japanese: “ハルギタ県”
- Javanese: “Harghita County”
- Kannada: “ಹರ್ಘಿತ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Kazakh: “Харгита округі”
- Kirghiz: “Харгита округу”
- Korean: “하르기타주”
- Ladino: “Harghita”
- Latin: “Harghita”
- Latvian: “Hargitas žudecs”
- Lithuanian: “Hargitos apskritis”
- Lombard: “Distret de Harghita”
- Malay: “Daerah Harghita”
- Malay: “Wilayah Harghita”
- Marathi: “हरघिता काउंटी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Harghita Koān”
- Mongolian: “Харгита аймаг”
- Mongolian: “Харгита тойрог”
- Moroccan Arabic: “مقاطعة هارڭيطا”
- Northern Frisian: “Harghita (Kreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Harghita”
- Northern Sami: “Harghita guovlu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harghita Judeţ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harghita”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harghita fylke”
- Norwegian: “Hargita”
- Oromo: “Harghita County”
- Ossetian: “Харгитæ”
- Panjabi: “ਹਾਰਗਿਤਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
- Persian: “شهرستان هارگیتا”
- Polish: “Okręg Harghita”
- Portuguese: “Condado de harghita”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Harghita”
- Portuguese: “Harghita”
- Pushto: “هارگیتا کاؤنټی”
- Romanian: “Harghita”
- Romanian: “Judetul Harghita”
- Romanian: “Judeţul Harghita”
- Romanian: “Județul Harghita”
- Russian: “Харгита”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Harghita (Siorrachd)”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Harghita”
- Serbian: “Hargita”
- Serbian: “Judeţul Harghita”
- Serbian: “Жупанија Харгита”
- Serbian: “Харгита”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Harghita”
- Sinhala: “හර්ඝිටා ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Harghita”
- Somali: “Harghita County”
- Spanish: “Condado de Harghita”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Harghita”
- Spanish: “Harghita”
- Swahili: “Harghita County”
- Swedish: “Harghita”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Harƣita”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Харгита”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Ҳарғита”
- Tajik: “Харгита”
- Tamil: “ஹாஜிஹிட கவுண்டி”
- Tatar: “Харгита”
- Telugu: “హార్గిటా కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “เทศมณฑลฮาร์กีตา”
- Turkish: “Harghita ili”
- Turkish: “Harghita”
- Ukrainian: “Харгіта”
- Urdu: “ہارگیتا کاؤنٹی”
- Uzbek: “Harghita County”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Harghita”
- Walloon: “Harghita (distrik roumin)”
- Walloon: “Harghita”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kondado han Harghita”
- Welsh: “Sir Harghita”
- Western Panjabi: “ہرگیتا کاؤنٹی”
- Wu Chinese: “哈尔吉塔县”
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