Máramaros
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| County seat in 1910 | Máramarossziget RO Sighetu Marmaţiei |
| Area in 1910 | 9,716 km² |
| Population in 1910 | 357,700 |
| Present country | Ukraine, Romania |
Máramaros (Ukrainian: Мармарощина / Marmaroshchyna, Мараморщина / Maramorshchyna, Марамуреш / Maramuresh; Romanian: Maramureş; Latin: Marmatia) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania and western Ukraine. The capital of the county was Sighetu Marmaţiei (-Romanian, Máramarossziget in Hungarian).
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[edit] Geography
Máramaros county shared borders with the Austrian crownlands Galicia (currently in Poland and Ukraine) and Bukovina (currently in Romania and Ukraine) and the Hungarian counties Bereg, Ugocsa, Szatmár, Szolnok-Doboka and Beszterce-Naszód. It was situated on both sides of the river Tisza, and in the Carpathian mountains. Its area was 9720 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the northern part of the county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia. The southern part (including Sighetu Marmaţiei) became part of Romania.
During World War II, the Czechoslovak part was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award. The county Máramaros was recreated, with Khust/Huszt as capital. The Romanian part was from 1940 to 1944 a part of Hungary. After World War II, the formerly Czechoslovak part of Máramaros county became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattia Oblast. Since 1991, when the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattya region is part of Ukraine.
The southern part of the county is now part of the Romanian county Maramureş.
[edit] Demographics
Population by language (1910 census):
- Ruthenian = 159,489
- Romanian = 84,510
- German = 59,552
- Hungarian = 52,964
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Máramaros county were:
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| District | Capital |
| Dolha | Dolha, UA Dovhe |
| Huszt | Huszt, UA Khust |
| Izavölgy | Dragomérfalva, RO Dragomireşti |
| Ökörmező | Ökörmező, UA Mizhhir'ya |
| Sugatag | Aknasugatag, RO Ocna Şugatag |
| Sziget | Máramarossziget, RO Sighetu Marmaţiei |
| Taracviz | Taracköz, UA Teresva |
| Técső | Técső, UA Tiachiv |
| Tiszavölgy | Rahó, UA Rakhiv |
| Visó | Felsővisó, RO Vişeu de Sus |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Máramarossziget, RO Sighetu Marmaţiei | |
Rakhiv, Teresva, Tiachiv, Khust, Dovhe and Mizhhir'ya are presently in Ukraine; Sighetu Marmaţiei, Ocna Şugatag, Dragomireşti and Vişeu de Sus are presently in Romania.
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