Uivar

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Uivar
Commune
Uivar
Coordinates: 45°39′N 20°54′E / 45.650°N 20.900°E / 45.650; 20.900
Country  Romania
County Timiş County
Population (2011)[1] 2,362
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Uivar (German: Neuburg an der Bega; Hungarian: Újvár) is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Pustiniș, Răuți, Sânmartinu Maghiar and Uivar. Two other villages, Otelec and Iohanisfeld, which had been part of Uivar commune since 1968, were detached in 2008 to form Otelec commune.

At the 2011 census, 76.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 17% Hungarians, 5.2% Roma and 0.7% Germans. At the 2002 census, 53% were Romanian Orthodox, 31.1% Roman Catholic, 9.1% Greek-Catholic and 3.9% Pentecostal.

Coordinates: 45°39′N 20°54′E / 45.650°N 20.900°E / 45.650; 20.900

References

  1. Romanian census data, 2011; retrieved on May 22, 2012

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