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Torda-Aranyos is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (central Transylvania). The capital of the county was Turda (Romanian, Torda in Hungarian).
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Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Mureş/Maros and Arieş/Aranyos flow through the county. Its area was 3497 km² around 1910.
Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Aranyosszék and part of the Torda region. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureş (the east).
In 1910, county had a population of 174,375 people. Population by language:
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torda-Aranyos county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Alsójára | Alsójára, RO Iara |
| Felvinc | Felvinc, RO Unirea |
| Marosludas | Marosludas, RO Luduş |
| Topánfalva | Topánfalva, RO Câmpeni |
| Torda | Torda, RO Turda |
| Torockó | Torockó, RO Rimetea |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Torda, RO Turda | |
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