Satu Mare
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Satu Mare Szatmárnémeti |
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Left to right: Dacia Hotel, Firemen's Tower, Vécsey Palace (art museum), Chain Church, Roman Catholic Cathedral
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 Location of Satu Mare |
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| Coordinates: 47°47′24″N 22°53′24″E / 47.79000°N 22.89000°ECoordinates: 47°47′24″N 22°53′24″E / 47.79000°N 22.89000°E | ||
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 Romania
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| County |
 Satu Mare
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| Metropolitan area | Satu Mare metropolitan area | |
| Status | County capital | |
| Founded | 972 (first official record as Villa Zotmar) | |
| Component villages | Sătmărel | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gábor Kereskényi (UDMR) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 150.3 km2 (58.0 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 102,441 | |
| • Density | 669/km2 (1,730/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | sătmărean, sătmăreancă (ro) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal Code | 44xyz | |
| Area code(s) | +40 x61 | |
| Car Plates | SM | |
| Climate | Cfb | |
| Website | http://www.satu-mare.ro | |
Satu Mare (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsatu ˈmare]; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011) and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the center of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as "Castrum Zotmar", the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial and business centre in northwestern Romania.
Satu Mare is situated in Satu Mare County, in northwest Romania, on the Someș River, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the border with Hungary and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the border with Ukraine. The city is located at an altitude of 126 metres (413 ft) on the Lower Someș alluvial plain, spreading out from the Administrative Palace at 25 October Square. The boundaries of the municipality contain an area of 150.3 square kilometres (58.0 sq mi).
From a geomorphologic point of view, the city is located on the Someș Meadow on both sides of the river, which narrows in the vicinity of the city and widens upstream and downstream from it; flooded during heavy rainfall, the field has various geographical configurations at the edge of the city (sand banks, valleys, micro-depressions).
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