Zalău
Zalău is a city of 56,000 people in Crișana, Romania. It has at least two dozen monuments and buildings of historical importance in the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 56,200 residents
- Description: city in Sălaj County, Romania
- Also known as: “Zalau”, “Zelau”, “Zilah”, and “Zillenmarkt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iuliu Maniu Square and Reformed Church, Zalău.
Iuliu Maniu Square
Square
The Iuliu Maniu Square is a major plaza in the Romanian city of Zalău. It was named successively Kossuth Square and Freedom Square. The square shelters the most important banks in the county: BCR and Generali.
Reformed Church, Zalău
Church
Photo: Mtomi, Public domain.
The Reformed Church is a church in Zalău, Romania, completed in 1907.
Wesselényi Monument
Work of art
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wesselényi Monument is a monument in Zalău, Romania. This classified historic monument, conceived by János Fadrusz and opened on September 18, 1902, represents Miklós Wesselényi protectively embracing an old serf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aghireș.
Zalău
- Categories: municipality of Romania, capital of county in Romania, and locality
- Location: Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.1819° or 47° 10′ 55″ northLongitude
23.0562° or 23° 3′ 22″ eastPopulation
56,200Elevation
261 metres (856 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO ZAUOpen location code
8GV553J4+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 129993092OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Zalău” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Zalău”
- Arabic: “زالاو”
- Belarusian: “Залэу”
- Bulgarian: “Залъу”
- Catalan: “Zalău”
- Cebuano: “Municipiul Zalău”
- Cebuano: “Zalău”
- Chinese: “扎勒乌”
- Chinese: “札勒乌”
- Chinese: “札勒烏”
- Croatian: “Zalău”
- Czech: “Zalău”
- Czech: “Zilah”
- Danish: “Zalău”
- Dutch: “Zalău”
- Esperanto: “Zalău”
- Estonian: “Zalău”
- Finnish: “Waltenberg”
- Finnish: “Zalău”
- Finnish: “Zilah”
- Finnish: “Zillenmarkt”
- French: “Zalău”
- Georgian: “ზალეუ”
- German: “Zalău”
- German: “Zillenmarkt”
- Greek: “Ζαλάου”
- Hebrew: “זלאו”
- Hungarian: “Zilah”
- Indonesian: “Zalău”
- Interlingue: “Zalău”
- Irish: “Zalău”
- Italian: “Zalău”
- Japanese: “ザラウ”
- Korean: “잘러우”
- Latin: “Zalău”
- Lithuanian: “Zaleu”
- Macedonian: “Залау”
- Malay: “Zalău”
- Narom: “Zalău”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zalău”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zalău”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zalău”
- Persian: “زلئو”
- Polish: “Zalău”
- Portuguese: “Zalău”
- Romanian: “Zalău”
- Russian: “Залэу”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Zalău”
- Serbian: “Залау”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zalău”
- Slovak: “Zalău”
- South Azerbaijani: “زلئو”
- Spanish: “Zalău”
- Swedish: “Zalău”
- Tajik: “Залэу”
- Tatar: “Залыу”
- Thai: “ซาเลิว”
- Turkish: “Zalău”
- Turkish: “Zile”
- Ukrainian: “Залеу”
- Upper Sorbian: “Zalău”
- Urdu: “زالیو”
- Uzbek: “Zalău”
- Vietnamese: “Zalau”
- Vietnamese: “Zalău”
- Western Panjabi: “سیلاؤ”
- “Zalău”
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