Praid
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Praid Parajd |
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| Commune | |
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 Location of Praid |
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 Praid
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| Coordinates: 46°33′0″N 25°8′0″E / 46.55000°N 25.13333°ECoordinates: 46°33′0″N 25°8′0″E / 46.55000°N 25.13333°E | |
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Harghita County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sándor Bokor (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 180.03 km2 (69.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 6,846 |
| • Density | 37.97/km2 (98.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Area code(s) | +40 266 |
Praid (Hungarian: Parajd, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɒrɒjd]; German: Salzberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages:
The commune has an absolute Hungarian (Székely) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 6,846 of which 96.91% or 6,635 are Hungarian. The 2002 Census reported 69.36% of the total population belonging to the Protestant Hungarian Reformed Church, while Roman Catholicism is professed by 22.46% of the respondents.
The commune's chief economic activity centers around the salt mine that both provides salt for industrial and attracts over 400,000 tourists every year.
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