Cristuru Secuiesc
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Cristuru Secuiesc Székelykeresztúr |
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 Cristuru Secuiesc
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| Coordinates: 46°17′30″N 25°2′7″E / 46.29167°N 25.03528°ECoordinates: 46°17′30″N 25°2′7″E / 46.29167°N 25.03528°E | |||
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 Romania
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| County | Harghita County | ||
| Status | Town | ||
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| • Mayor | Lajos Benyovszki (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 9,672 | ||
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| • Hungarians | 95.13% | ||
| • Romanians | 2.27% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Website | www.keresztur.ro | ||
Cristuru Secuiesc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌkristuru sekuˈjesk]; Hungarian: Székelykeresztúr, pronounced [ˈseːkɛjkɛrɛstuːr]) 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:
The town was part of the Székely Land area of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Udvarhelyszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Udvarhely County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted the Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the town was held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and it became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the town fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the town has been part of Harghita County.
As of the Romanian census of 2002, the town has a population of 9,672 of whom 9,201 (95.13%) are ethnic Hungarians, 2.47 ethnic Roma, 2.27% ethnic Romanians and 0.12% others.
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