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Sălaj - The Land of Silvania

Known in ancient times as the Land of Silvania or the Land
of the Forests, Sălaj County is located in Romania, in the
centre of Northern Transylvania, at the passage between
the Eastern Carpathians and the Apuseni Mountains and
covers an area of over 3,800 km . The ethnic diversity of
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the 215,910 inhabitants of the county - Romanians, Hun-
garians, Roma, Slovaks - reflects the interculturality spe-
cific to most of the county’s areas each one exhibiting
well-defined features, areas that bring together the 61 ad-
ministrative and territorial units of the county - 4 cities and
57 communes. Zalău County Museum of History and Art

Sălaj County, as the true territory of the Roman fortresses
partially overlaid on the route of the ancient limes of Ro-
man Dacia, spans the vestiges of Roman fortresses from
Porolissum, Buciumi, Romita - Brusturi (Certiae), Tihău, Su-
toru (Optatiana) and from Românaşi (Largiana). Archaeo-
logical research reveals the existence of settlements from
the Paleolithic period on Sălaj’s territory, specifically from
the Bronze Age and from the first and second Iron Age, the
Dacian period.

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