Vlăhița

Also known as Szentegyháza, Wlachendorf

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: 2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.leader_party: AMT
Romanian subdivision.elevation: 860
Romanian subdivision.area_total: 75.25
Romanian subdivision.population_total: auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code: 535500
Romanian subdivision.area_code: (+40) 02 66

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Official name: Szentegyházas-Oláhfalu
Country: Kingdom of Hungary
Located in: Harghita County
Population: 6468
Area: 98.480000
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Official website: www.primariavlahita.ro
Image: Szentegyháza Gyöngye - panoramio.jpg

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twinned administrative body: Cegléd
Commons category: Vlăhița
contains settlement: Minele Lueta
postal code: 535500
native label: Wlachendorf
phone number: +40-266246634
street address: Str. Turnătorilor, nr 20, Vlahita
population by native language: 6097
email address: mailto:[email protected]
inception: 1301-00-00
historical region: Transylvania

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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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vlăhița” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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