Vlăhița
Vlăhița () (, , until 1899 Szentegyházas-Oláhfalu) is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Vlăhița
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Szentegyháza
- Romanian subdivision.image_flag
- Flag of Vlahita.gif
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU HR Vlahita CoA.PNG
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Szentegyházasfalvi templomtér.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Vlăhița church square
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Vlahita jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Csaba Lőrincz
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Demographics
- Culture
- Twin town
- References
Vlăhița () (, , until 1899 Szentegyházas-Oláhfalu) is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.
The town administers two villages: Băile Homorod (Homoródfürdő) and Minele Lueta (Lövétebánya). Its Romanian name is of Slavic origin, meaning "little Vlach", while its Hungarian name means "Church of the Saint".