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Alba Iulia

Also known as Weißenburg, Karlsburg

city in Romania

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Alba Iulia is a city located in Romania with a long and significant history in the region. It has been an important cultural and historical center, particularly during key periods in Romanian history.

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Official name: Alba Iulia
Population: 64227
Area: 103.650000
Elevation: 230
Official website: www.apulum.ro
Image: Cetatea Alba Iulia din aer toamna.jpg
Dialing code: 258
Licence plate code: AB

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native label: Karlsburg
postal code: 510002–510408
Commons category: Alba Iulia
street address: Calea Moţilor nr. 5A, 510134 Alba Iulia
phone number: +40-258819462
population by native language: 652
P8168: Doc Pomus
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Alba Iulia ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˌalba ˈjuli.a] ; German: Karlsburg or Carlsburg, formerly Weißenburg [ˈvaɪsn̩bʊʁk] ; Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár [ˈɟulɒfɛɦeːrvaːr]; Latin: Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a population of 64,227 (as of 2021).

During ancient times, the site was the location of the Roman camp Apulum. Since the High Middle Ages, the city has been the seat of Transylvania's Roman Catholic diocese. Between 1526 and 1570 it was the capital of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom from which the Principality of Transylvania emerged by the Treaty of Speyer in 1570 and it was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania until 1711. At one point it also was a centre of the Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan of Transylvania with suffragan to Vad diocese. On 1 December 1918, the Union of Transylvania with Romania was declared in Alba Iulia, and Romania's King Ferdinand I and, in 1922 Queen Marie were crowned in the Alba Iulia Orthodox Cathedral.