Hațeg

Haţeg
Town
Hațeg panorama
Coat of arms
Haţeg Location of Hațeg
Coordinates: 45°36′27″N 22°57′0″E / 45.60750°N 22.95000°E / 45.60750; 22.95000Coordinates: 45°36′27″N 22°57′0″E / 45.60750°N 22.95000°E / 45.60750; 22.95000
Country	Romania
County	Hunedoara
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Marcel Goia (National Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	64.33 km2 (24.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,685
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://www.primariehateg.ro/

Hațeg (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈhat͡seɡ]; German: Wallenthal; Hungarian: Hátszeg) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 9,340. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad (Nalácvád), Silvașu de Jos (Alsószilvás), and Silvașu de Sus (Felsőszilvás). It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania.

In 1765, the settlement was completely militarised and integrated into the II-nd Border Company of the I-st Border Regiment from Orlați, until 1851, when that unit was disbanded.

Țara Hațegului (the Hațeg Country) is the region around the town of Hațeg. The fossils found in the Hațeg area span over 300 million years of Earth's geologic history, showing tropical coral reefs and volcanic island in the Tethys Sea, dinosaurs, primitive mammals, birds, and flying reptiles (such as Hatzegopteryx, which was named for the region).

Hațeg Island was an island during the Cretaceous Period where a dwarf species of sauropod dinosaur, Magyarosaurus dacus, lived until their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous. Baron Franz Nopcsa published articles about these Mesozoic-era archosaurs on Hațeg Island. His studies led to his theory of insular dwarfism, the notion that "limited resources" on small islands can lead to a down-sizing of the indigenous vertebrate animals.

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