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Baia Mare

Baia Mare (meaning Great Mine) is an important city in northern Romania and the seat of Maramureş County. During the Bronze Age, the region around Baia Mare was the realm of the Thracians, from whom the Geto-Dacians later descended. It was also part of the large Dacian state formed by Burebista.
As of 2011 census data, Baia Mare has a population of 114,925, a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2002 census.
The municipality of Baia Mare had a total population of 137,921 in 2002, the majority being Romanians. The ethnic composition of the city is as follows:
Romanian: (79.81%)
Hungarian: (14.84%)
Roma: (0.51%)
German:(0.36%)
Ukrainian: (0.25%)
Jews: (0.10%)
and 642 others, including Greeks, Turks, Italians, Lippovans, Poles and Slovaks.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_Mare

Recent city comments:

  • Block nr 1, Mihai (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    .
  • Zoo - Desfiintata, szaby (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    penibil
  • Rail station Baia Mare , flovs wrote 14 years ago:
    Echipata cu instalatie CED
  • Planetariul, LivMagellan wrote 16 years ago:
    http://www.astroclubul.org/planetariulbaiamare/planetariul.htm
  • Chimney – tallest structure in Romania (351.5 m), LivMagellan wrote 16 years ago:
    The main poluter in the area (that's way should be so tall).
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47°40'20"N   23°34'17"E
Baia Mare on the map.

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