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| | SIEBENBUERGER SACHSEN / TRANSYLVANIA SAXONS |
 | | Transylvania [English] or Siebenbürgen [German], (terra ultrasilvana [Latin], Ardeal [Romanian], Erdély [Hungarian], Erdel [Turkish]) is a basin (approximately 56,000 sq. |
 | | Following the last reorganisation in 1974, Transylvania is now composed of 9 counties (judete): Alba, Brasov, Bistrita-Nasaud, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Mures, and Sibiu, as well as half of the county of Salaj, and the district of Laposch in Maramures county. |
 | | In Eastern Europe, Transylvania was one of the earliest areas of German colonization. |
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