Târgu Secuiesc

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Târgu Secuiesc ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a city in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Lunga (Nyújtód).

HistoryEdit

The town was first mentioned in 1407 as Torjawasara, meaning in Hungarian “Torja Market”. (Torja is the name of a stream nearby and is also the Hungarian name of the nearby village Turia.) Originally, the Hungarian name Kézdivásárhely was also used in Romanian in the form Chezdi-Oșorheiu, but this was altered to Tîrgu Secuiesc (now spelled Târgu Secuiesc) after the accession to Romania in 1920 under the Treaty of Trianon. The Hungarian native name means “Kézdi Market”, Kézdi being the name of a Székely “seat”, a historical administrative unit. Its status as a market town dates back to the Middle Ages. The city was taken over by Hungary during World War II, following the Second Vienna Award of August, 1940.Template:Citation needed A small Jewish community was set up in the 1880s; it numbered 66 in 1920. In May 1944, the Hungarian authorities sent its members to the Sfântu Gheorghe ghetto, and deported them to the Auschwitz concentration camp the following month.<ref name="spector">Shmuel Spector, Geoffrey Wigoder (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: Seredina-Buda—Z, p. 1290. New York University Press, 2001, Template:ISBN</ref> Sovereignty was restored to Romania following the war.

DemographicsEdit

At the 2021 census, Târgu Secuiesc had a population of 16,243; of those, 84,78% were Székely Hungarians and 6.02% Romanians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the census from 2011, the city had 18,491 residents, of whom 91.1% were Székely Hungarians, 7.2% Romanians, and 1.6% Roma.<ref>Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020.</ref> The historical demographic evolution is as follows:

Demographic change according to census data:
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NativesEdit

EducationEdit

Despite its relatively small size the town has a few notable high schools: Nagy Mózes, Bod Péter, Apor Péter and Gábor Áron, all bearing the names of important Székely historical personalities. Because of this, Târgu Secuiesc is considered the educational center of the north eastern part of the county.Template:Citation needed

GalleryEdit

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City center
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City center
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Cultural Center
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Children inside Sala Polivalenta Sporting Hall
Autonomy of Székely Land - Day of Székely Freedom 2013.03.10 (18).JPG

Székely Freedom Day celebration

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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