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Szilágy (Romanian: Sălaj) 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).
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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.
Szilágy county was formed in 1876, when the counties Kraszna (Its center was Valkóváralja at first, later Szilágysomlyó) and Közép-Szolnok (Its center was Zilah) were united.
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. It was occupied by Hungary between 1940-1944 during World War II. 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).
In 1910, county had a population of 230,140 people. Population by language:
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szilágy county were:
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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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