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Transylvania

Transylvania is the largest region of and probably the best known one. When you visit Transylvania you dive into a mix of cultures, nature and history.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Cluj-Napoca and Sibiu.

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, Kolozsvár or Klausenburg is the capital of Cluj county and the unofficial capital of the historical region of Transylvania. The city, with about 320,000 people, is very pleasant, and it is a great experience for those who want to see urban Transylvanian life at its best.

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is a town in southern Transylvania, , 280 km by road from . The old town centre is very attractive. is also a good base for exploring elsewhere in Transylvania.

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is a city in Transylvania, . It's set in the in the centre of the country, 180 km from Bucharest. It's mostly a modern industrial city with a population of about 250,000, but the reason to visit is the well-preserved Old Town.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Szeklerland and Hunedoara County.

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is a region in Transylvania, . The region's name comes from the majority of its inhabitants, Szekler people, also known as Szekely, a Transylvanian tribe related to Hungarians.

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is a county of , in Transylvania, with its capital city at . The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.

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is a county of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is . The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" Burzenland and .

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is a county of located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is , a city with a population of 63,536.

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lies to the north of the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania, .

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is a county of , in Transylvania. Its seat is .

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Bistrița-Năsăud is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at .

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The are a branch of the in Transylvania, . They are fast becoming an agrotourism and ecotourism hotspot, as they offer wonderful scenery, secluded areas, great Romanian social and rural experiences, as well as a spirit and mood that is unbeatable.
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Transylvania

Latitude of center
46.5972° or 46° 35′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
24.374° or 24° 22′ 27″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q39473
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Transylvania” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Transsilvanië”
  • Albanian: “Transilvania”
  • Arabic: “إمارة الأردل”
  • Arabic: “بلاد الأردل”
  • Arabic: “ترانسلفانيا”
  • Arabic: “ترانسيلفانيا”
  • Arabic: “ترنسلفانيا”
  • Aragonese: “Transilbania”
  • Aragonese: “Transilvania”
  • Armenian: “Տրանսիլվանիա”
  • Asturian: “Transilvania”
  • Azerbaijani: “Transilvaniya”
  • Basque: “Transilvania”
  • Bavarian: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Bavarian: “Simbiagn”
  • Belarusian: “Сяміграддзе”
  • Belarusian: “Сяміградзьдзе”
  • Belarusian: “Трансільванія”
  • Belarusian: “Трансыльванія”
  • Bosnian: “Transilvanija”
  • Breton: “Transilvania”
  • Breton: “Treuzsilvania”
  • Bulgarian: “Седмиградско”
  • Bulgarian: “Седмоградско”
  • Bulgarian: “Трансилвания”
  • Catalan: “Ardeal”
  • Catalan: “Erdel”
  • Catalan: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Catalan: “Transilvània”
  • Catalan: “Transsilvània”
  • Catalan: “Transylvania”
  • Catalan: “Transylvània”
  • Central Kurdish: “ترانسیلڤانیا”
  • Chinese: “Transilvania”
  • Chinese: “外西凡尼亞”
  • Chinese: “川西凡尼亞”
  • Chinese: “特兰斯瓦尼亚”
  • Chinese: “特兰西瓦尼亚”
  • Chinese: “特蘭西瓦尼亞”
  • Croatian: “Erdelj”
  • Croatian: “Sedmogradska”
  • Croatian: “Transilvanija”
  • Czech: “Erdély”
  • Czech: “Sedmihradsko”
  • Czech: “Sedmihrady”
  • Czech: “Transylvánie”
  • Danish: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Danish: “Transsilvanien”
  • Danish: “Transsylvanien”
  • Danish: “Transylvanien”
  • Dutch: “Ardeal”
  • Dutch: “Grootvorstendom Transsylvanie”
  • Dutch: “Grootvorstendom Transsylvanië”
  • Dutch: “Grootvorstendom Zevenburgen”
  • Dutch: “Transilvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transsilvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transsilvanië”
  • Dutch: “Transsylvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transsylvanië”
  • Dutch: “Transylvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transylvanië”
  • Dutch: “Zevenburgen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترانسيلفانيا”
  • Esperanto: “Ardeal”
  • Esperanto: “Erdély”
  • Esperanto: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Esperanto: “Transilvanio”
  • Estonian: “Ardeal”
  • Estonian: “Erdély”
  • Estonian: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Estonian: “Transilvaania”
  • Extremaduran: “Transilvania”
  • Finnish: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Finnish: “Transilvania”
  • Finnish: “Transylvania”
  • French: “Ardeal”
  • French: “principauté de Transylvanie”
  • French: “principauté des Sept-Forteresses”
  • French: “Région de Transylvanie”
  • French: “Transylvanie roumaine”
  • French: “Transylvanie”
  • Galician: “Transilvania”
  • Georgian: “ტრანსილვანია”
  • German: “Ardeal”
  • German: “Siebenbürgen”
  • German: “Transilvania”
  • German: “Transsilvanien”
  • German: “Transsilwanien”
  • German: “Transsylvanien”
  • Greek: “Τρανσυλβανία”
  • Hebrew: “ארדאל”
  • Hebrew: “זיבנברגן”
  • Hebrew: “טראנסילבניה”
  • Hebrew: “טראנסילווניה”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסילבאניה”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסילבניה”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסילווניה”
  • Hindi: “ट्रांसिल्वेनिया”
  • Hungarian: “Erdély”
  • Icelandic: “Transilvanía”
  • Icelandic: “Transsilvanía”
  • Icelandic: “Transsylvanía”
  • Icelandic: “Transylvanía”
  • Ido: “Transilvania”
  • Indonesian: “Transilvania”
  • Irish: “an Trasalváin”
  • Irish: “An Trasalváin”
  • Italian: “Erdély”
  • Italian: “Transilvania”
  • Japanese: “エルデーイ”
  • Japanese: “ジーベンビュルゲン”
  • Japanese: “トランシルヴァニア”
  • Japanese: “トランシルバニア”
  • Kashubian: “Sétmegard”
  • Kirghiz: “Трансилвания”
  • Korean: “트란실바니아”
  • Korean: “트랜실바니아”
  • Ladino: “Transilvania”
  • Latin: “Transilvania”
  • Latin: “Transsilvania”
  • Latin: “Transylvania”
  • Latvian: “Transilvānija”
  • Limburgan: “Transsylvanië”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Transilvania”
  • Lithuanian: “Transilvanija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Siwebiergen”
  • Macedonian: “Седмоградска”
  • Macedonian: “Трансилванија”
  • Malay: “Transilvania”
  • Malay: “Transylvania”
  • Malayalam: “Transylvania”
  • Malayalam: “ട്രാൻസിൽവേനിയ”
  • Marathi: “ट्रान्सिल्व्हेनिया”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Transilvania”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ترانسيلڤانيا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Erdély”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transilvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transsilvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transsylvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transylvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ardeal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erdelj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erdély”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transilvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transilvanija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transylvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ердељ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Трансилванија”
  • Norwegian: “Transilvania”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Transilvània”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Seofonbyrig”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Seofonbyriȝ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Transylvania”
  • Ossetian: “Трансильвани”
  • Panjabi: “ਟ੍ਰਾਂਸਿਲਵੇਨੀਆ”
  • Persian: “ترانسیلوانی”
  • Persian: “ترانسیلوانیا”
  • Polish: “Siedmiogród”
  • Polish: “Transylwania”
  • Polish: “Wielkie Księstwo Siedmiogrodu”
  • Portuguese: “Ardeal”
  • Portuguese: “Erdély”
  • Portuguese: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Portuguese: “Transilvania”
  • Portuguese: “Transilvânia”
  • Portuguese: “Transsilvanien”
  • Pushto: “ترانسيلوانيا”
  • Romanian: “Ardeal”
  • Romanian: “Transilvania”
  • Russian: “Ардял”
  • Russian: “Семиградье”
  • Russian: “Трансильвания”
  • Rusyn: “Ардял”
  • Rusyn: “Трансилвания”
  • Sardinian: “Transilvània”
  • Scots: “Transylvanie”
  • Serbian: “Erdély”
  • Serbian: “Ердељ”
  • Serbian: “Кнежевина Трансилванија”
  • Serbian: “Трансилванија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Erdelj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kneževina Transilvanija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Transilvanija”
  • Sicilian: “Transilvania”
  • Sinhala: “ට්‍රැන්සල්වේනියාව”
  • Slovak: “Sedmohradsko”
  • Slovak: “Transilvánia”
  • Slovak: “Transylvánia”
  • Slovenian: “Erdeljsko”
  • Slovenian: “Sedmograška”
  • Slovenian: “Transilvanija”
  • Spanish: “Ardeal”
  • Spanish: “Gran Principado de Transilvania”
  • Spanish: “Transilvania”
  • Swedish: “Ardeal”
  • Swedish: “Erdely”
  • Swedish: “Erdély”
  • Swedish: “Siebenburgen”
  • Swedish: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Swedish: “Transsilvanien”
  • Swedish: “Transsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Transsylvanien”
  • Swedish: “Transylvanien”
  • Swiss German: “Ardeal”
  • Swiss German: “Siibebürge”
  • Swiss German: “Transsilvanie”
  • Swiss German: “Transsylvanie”
  • Tagalog: “Transylvania”
  • Tamil: “டிரான்சில்வேனியா”
  • Tamil: “திரான்சில்வேனியா”
  • Tatar: “Җидешәһәр”
  • Tatar: “Трансильвания”
  • Thai: “Erdély”
  • Thai: “Transilvania”
  • Thai: “Transsylvania”
  • Thai: “Transylvania”
  • Thai: “Transylvanian”
  • Thai: “ทรานซิลเวเนีย”
  • Thai: “ทรานสซิลเวเนีย”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Turkish: “Erdel”
  • Tyap: “Ti̱ransi̱li̱vaniya”
  • Tyap: “Transylvania”
  • Ukrainian: “Ардял”
  • Ukrainian: “Семигород”
  • Ukrainian: “Семигороддя”
  • Ukrainian: “Семиграддя”
  • Ukrainian: “Трансильванія”
  • Ukrainian: “Трансільванське князівство”
  • Urdu: “ٹرانسلوانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Transilvaniya”
  • Venetian: “Transilvània”
  • Vietnamese: “Transilvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Transylvania”
  • Vlax Romani: “Transilvaniya”
  • Walloon: “Transilvaneye”
  • Walloon: “Zivenbork”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Transilvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Transylvania”
  • Welsh: “Transylfania”
  • Western Frisian: “Transsylvaanje”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹرانسلوانیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “特兰西瓦尼亚”
  • Yiddish: “זיבנבורגן”
  • Yiddish: “זיבנבערגן”
  • Yiddish: “זימבערגן”
  • Yiddish: “טראנסילוואניע”
  • Yue Chinese: “外西凡尼亞”

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