Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj, is a city in northwestern Romania, the second-most populous in the country and the seat of Cluj County. It lies in the Somesul Mic river valley and is considered the unofficial capital of the historical province of Transylvania, having served as the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania for some decades before the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Cluj-Napoca (Wikipedia)
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As of 2021, 286,598 inhabitants lived in the city. The Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area had a population of 411,379 people, while the population of the peri-urban area is approximately 420,000.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Cluj-Napoca (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 46.76891, longitude 23.59066
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 410 m
P2046 (area)
area 179.5 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1213
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2021)
View the Source3. GeoNames: Cluj-Napoca - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 681290
46.76667 23.6 P PPLA RO 13 54975 286598 352 Europe/Bucharest
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 352 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.75, 23.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.75, 23.75
46.75 23.75 Dfb
Wikidata: Cluj-Napoca
Wikidata Q100188, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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