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Fogaras is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Făgăraş (Romanian, Fogaras in Hungarian).
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Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Szeben, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt forms most of its northern border. The ridge of the southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 2433 km² around 1910.
The Fogaras (Făgăraș in Romanian) region was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 15th century. Fogaras county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Braşov and Sibiu (the westernmost part).
In 1910, county had a population of 95,174 people. Population by language:
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Fogaras county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Alsóárpás | Alsóárpás, RO Arpaşu de Jos |
| Fogaras | Fogaras, RO Făgăraş |
| Sárkány | Sárkány, RO Şercaia |
| Törcsvár, RO Bran | Zernest, RO Zărneşti |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Fogaras, RO Făgăraş | |
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