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Satu Mare

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Also known as Szatmárnémeti, Sathmar, Szatmarnemeti, Szatmár, Szatmar, Satmer, Szatmár-Németi, Szatmar-Nemeti

city in Satu Mare County, Romania

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Satu Mare is a city located in Satu Mare County in northwestern Romania. It serves as the administrative center of the county and is an important regional hub for the area.

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Encyclopedic overview

Satu Mare ( pronounced [ˈsatu ˈmare] ; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) is a city in Romania with a population of 91,520 (2021). It is the capital of Satu Mare County as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as castrum Zotmar ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the Nord-Vest development region.

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