Szilágy

Szilágy is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania. The capital of the county was Zilah (present-day Zalău in Romania).

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Subdivisions

[edit] Geography

Szilágy county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Bihar, Szatmár, Szolnok-Doboka and Kolozs. The rivers Someş/Szamos and Crasna/Kraszna flow through the county. Its territory is for a large part the same as that of the present Romanian county Sălaj. Its area was 3815 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Szilágy county was formed in 1876, when the counties Kraszna and Közép-Szolnok were united.

In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Most of it is now part of the Romanian county Sălaj, except some areas in the north-west (presently in Satu Mare county) and north-east (presently in Maramureş county).

[edit] Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 230,140 people. Population by language:

Romanian = 136,087
Hungarian = 87,312
Slovak = 3,727

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szilágy county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Kraszna	Kraszna, RO Crasna
Szilágycseh	Szilágycseh, RO Cehu Silvaniei
Szilágysomlyó	Szilágysomlyó, RO Şimleu Silvaniei
Tasnád	Tasnád, RO Tăşnad
Zilah	Zilah, RO Zalău
Zsibó	Zsibó, RO Jibou
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szilágysomlyó, RO Şimleu Silvaniei
Zilah, RO Zalău

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