Târgu Mureş
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Târgu Mureș Marosvásárhely |
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Top left: Medieval Fortress and Tower of the Reformed Church, Top right: Bob Church, Middle left: Twilight in inner city, Center: The Reformed Church in Szabadi Street, Middle right: Tower of City Hall, Bottom left: Dome of the Synagogue, Bottom right: Statue of Bolyai Farkas and János in Bolyai Square
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 Târgu Mureș
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| Coordinates: 46°32′44″N 24°33′45″E / 46.54556°N 24.56250°ECoordinates: 46°32′44″N 24°33′45″E / 46.54556°N 24.56250°E | |||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County |
 Mureș
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| Status | County capital | ||
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| • Mayor | Dorin Florea (Democratic Liberal Party) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 49.3 km2 (19.0 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 census) | |||
| • City | 134,290 | ||
| • Density | 2,593/km2 (6,720/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 212,752 | ||
| Demonym(s) |
târgmureșean, târgmureșeancă (ro) vásárhelyi (hu) |
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| • Romanians | 52.0% | ||
| • Hungarians | 44.9% | ||
| • Roma | 2.5% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal Code | 540xyz1 | ||
| Area code(s) | +40 x652 | ||
| Car Plates | MS-N3 | ||
| Website | www |
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1x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 3used just on the plates of vehicles that operate only within the city limits (such as trolley buses, trams, utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.) |
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Târgu Mureș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ]; Hungarian: Marosvásárhely, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj]; also known by other alternative names) is the seat of Mureș County in the north-central part of Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of 2011[update].
The current Romanian name of the city, Târgu Mureș, is the equivalent with the Hungarian Marosvásárhely, both meaning "market on the Mureș (Maros) [River]". Târg means "market" in Romanian and vásárhely means "marketplace" in Hungarian. The Hungarian Marosvásárhely is sometimes shortened to Vásárhely in local colloquial Hungarian language.
The first written reference of the city was in the Papal registry in Latin as Novum Forum Siculorum in 1332, and later as Sekulvasarhel (modern Hungarian: Székelyvásárhely), meaning "new market of the Székelys", in 1349. Other Latin names for the town included Agropolis and Areopolis.
In 1616, Gabriel Bethlen gave the name Marosvásárhely to the newly upgraded royal free city. The Romanian name for the city, Oșorhei was a phonetic derivation from Vásárhely while the German name for the town, Neumarkt am Mieresch (also shortened to Neumarkt or Marktstadt; in Transylvanian Saxon, Nai Mark or Nai Muark), can be translated as New Market
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