Szeklerland
Szeklerland is a region in Transylvania, Romania. The region's name comes from the majority of its inhabitants, Szekler people, also known as Szekely, a Transylvanian tribe related to Hungarians.Photo: Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Top destinations include Sighișoara and Târgu Mureș.
Sighișoara
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Sighișoara is a city on the Tarnava River in Mures county, in the historic region of Transylvania. German craftsmen and merchants, the Transylvanian Saxons, were invited here by the King of Hungary during the 12th century to settle and defend the frontier.
Târgu Mureș
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Târgu Mureșis a city in Transylvania, Romania, that is famous for its Art Nouveau buildings. Târgu Mureș is the cultural and economical centre of the Székely Land.
Sfântu Gheorghe
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Sfântu Gheorghe or Sepsiszentgyörgy is a municipality and city in the central Romanian region of Transylvania. It lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt and Bodoc Mountains.
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Szeklerland
- Type: historical region
- Description: historical region in Transylvania
- Also known as: “Székely Land”, “Székelyföld”, and “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Location: Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
46.42° or 46° 25′ 12″ northLongitude of center
25.54° or 25° 32′ 24″ eastWikidata ID
Q849295
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Szeklerland” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيكيلي لاند”
- Azerbaijani: “Sekey diyarı”
- Azerbaijani: “Sekeyföld”
- Azerbaijani: “Sekeyistan”
- Azerbaijani: “Sekeyland”
- Azerbaijani: “Sekeylend”
- Belarusian: “Секейскі край”
- Belarusian: “Сэкэйская зямля”
- Belarusian: “Сэкэйскі край”
- Bulgarian: “Секейска земя”
- Catalan: “País sícul”
- Chinese: “塞凯伊地”
- Czech: “Sikulsko”
- Dutch: “Székelyföld”
- Dutch: “Szeklerland”
- Dutch: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Esperanto: “Sikullando”
- Esperanto: “Székelyföld”
- Esperanto: “Székelyhon”
- Esperanto: “Szeklerland”
- Esperanto: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Estonian: “Seekelimaa”
- Finnish: “Székelymaa”
- French: “Pays des Sicules”
- French: “Pays sicule”
- French: “Siculie”
- French: “Székelyföld”
- French: “Szeklerland”
- French: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Galician: “País Sículo”
- German: “Seklerland”
- German: “Székelyföld”
- German: “Szeklergebiet”
- German: “Széklergebiet”
- German: “Szeklerland”
- German: “Széklerland”
- German: “Terra Siculorum”
- German: “Ținutul Secuiesc”
- Greek: “Γη του Σέκελι”
- Hebrew: “חבל הסקלרים”
- Hungarian: “Secuimea”
- Hungarian: “Székelyföld”
- Hungarian: “Szeklerland”
- Hungarian: “Terra Siculorum”
- Hungarian: “Tinutul Secuiesc”
- Hungarian: “Ținutul Secuiesc”
- Ido: “Sekleria”
- Indonesian: “Tanah Székely”
- Italian: “Székelyföld”
- Italian: “Szeklerland”
- Italian: “Terra dei Siculi”
- Italian: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Japanese: “セーケイ地方”
- Kirghiz: “Секей кыры”
- Korean: “세케이 지대”
- Latin: “Terra Siculorum”
- Macedonian: “Секејска Земја”
- Persian: “سکیفولد”
- Polish: “Seklerszczyzna”
- Polish: “Szekélyföld”
- Polish: “Szekl”
- Polish: “Szeklerszczyzna”
- Portuguese: “País Sículo”
- Portuguese: “Székelyföld”
- Portuguese: “Szeklerland”
- Portuguese: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Romanian: “Székelyföld”
- Romanian: “Szeklerland”
- Romanian: “Ținutul scaunelor secuiești”
- Romanian: “Tinutul secuiesc”
- Romanian: “Ținutul Secuiesc”
- Russian: “Секейский край”
- Russian: “Секуйский край”
- Serbian: “Zemlja Sekelja”
- Serbian: “Земља Секеља”
- Slovak: “Sikulská oblasť”
- Slovak: “Sikulsko”
- Slovak: “Székelyföld”
- Slovak: “Szeklerland”
- Slovak: “Terra Siculorum”
- Slovak: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Slovak: “Zem Sikulov”
- Slovenian: “Seklerska dežela”
- Spanish: “País sículo”
- Spanish: “País Sículo”
- Spanish: “País Szekely”
- Spanish: “Székelyfold”
- Spanish: “Szeklerland”
- Spanish: “Ţinutul Secuiesc”
- Swedish: “Secuimea”
- Swedish: “Seklerlandet”
- Swedish: “Szekelyföld”
- Swedish: “Székelyföld”
- Swedish: “Szeklerlandet”
- Turkish: “Sekelistan”
- Turkish: “Sekeller”
- Ukrainian: “Секейська земля”
- Welsh: “Gwlad y Seceli”
- Welsh: “Gwlad y Szekely”
- Welsh: “Gwlad y Székely”
- Welsh: “Gwlad y Szekelys”
- Welsh: “Székelyland”
- Welsh: “Szekelylland”
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