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Arad County (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is an administrative division of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat.
Arad County was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the Principality of Transylvania. The county was established along the Maros (Mureș) River in the 11th or the 12th century, but its first head, or ispán, was only mentioned in 1214.
Arad (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital city of Arad County, at the edge of Crișana and the Banat. No villages are administred by the city. It is the third largest city in Western Romania, behind Timișoara and Oradea, and the 12th largest in Romania, with a population of 145,078.
Arad, judeƫ (county), western Romania, bounded on the west by Hungary. The Mureş and Crişul Alb rivers flow westward through the county, while the Western Carpathians, including the Zărand and Codru-Moma ranges, lie in the eastern portion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Arad is one of the 41 counties (județe) of Romania. It is located in the West development region and is mostly part of the historical region of Crișana, with a small part belonging to Banat. Arad borders Hungary and the other Romanian counties of Bihor, Alba, Hunedoara, and Timiș.
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Romania. Crișana. Arad County. Arad is an industrial city of some 160,000 population at the western edge of Romania, close to the border with Hungary. It is a regional transportation hub and a convenient place to stop over on a journey between those countries. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. primariaarad.ro. Wikivoyage. Wikipedia.
