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Cluj-Napoca (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; Bulgarian: Клуж-Напока; Czech: Kluž; Slovak: Kluž, Polish: Kluż), until 1974 Cluj, is a city in north-western Romania and the seat of Cluj County. It lies approximately 440 km north-west of Bucharest, in the valley of the Someşul Mic river. The city used to be the capital of the historical province of Transylvania, and is one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centres in Romania today. More . . .