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Zalău

capital of the county of Sălaj, Romania
Organization municipality_of_romania Q145292

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Romania, capital of county in Romania[5]
Official website
www.zalausj.ro[23]
Native label
Zalău, Zilah, Zillenmarkt
Official name
Zalău

Status and dates

Inception
1220, 1210[20][21]

Location

Country
Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romanian People's Republic, Kingdom of Romania, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Romania, First Hungarian Republic, Austria–Hungary, Austrian Empire, Habsburg monarchy, Principality of Transylvania, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hungary[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.191°, 23.057°[22]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Sălaj County[2]
Postal code
450006–450167[17]
Street address
Zalău, Piaţa Iuliu Maniu nr.3, judeţul Sălaj, cod postal 450016
More facts +14
Capital of
Sălaj County, Közép-Szolnok County, Szilágy County
Area
+90.090000
Capital
Zalău[6]
Contains settlement
Zalău, Stâna
Elevation above sea level
+275.000000
Head of government
Sandu Victor Radu Căpîlnașiu, Ionel Ciunt[4]
Historical region
Transylvania
Licence plate code
SJ[18]
Local dialing code
2 60[19]
Office held by head of government
mayor of Zalău
Phone number
+40-260610550
Population
52k (8.1k–68k, n=10)
Population by native language
+6217
Twinned administrative body
Gyula, Szentendre, Hægebostad Municipality, Kvinesdal Municipality, Baia Mare, Sirdal, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sandwell, Imola, Răzeni[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Zilah en Zillenmarkt en Zalau en Zalău ar زالاو cs Zilah el Ζαλάου fa زلئو fi Zillenmarkt fi Waltenberg fi Zilah he זלאו ja ザラウ ko 잘러우 ru Залэу th ซาเลิว tr Zalău tr Zile uk Залеу zh 札勒烏
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
246320544
GND ID
7582810-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
RO SJ Zalau.jpg ↗
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4984
Email address
mailto:primaria@zalausj.ro
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Zalau
Facebook location ID
110614302293305
Freebase ID
/m/042jph
GeoNames ID
8334769
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 8334769 GND (DNB) 662334 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Zalău
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1986872
INaturalist place ID
104516
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Museum-digital place ID
48875
MusicBrainz area ID
5c8ee4b1-5eb5-4818-b8b3-6538fadf3073
NL CR AUT ID
ge1094608
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4000045
Quora topic ID
Zalau
SIRUTA code
139704
Topic's main category
Category:Zalău
Who's on First ID
101752017
Yale LUX ID
place/a79e1a35-8433-435a-9e59-5aec598ebd17

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🔗 Connections
People born here 18
Dacian Cioloș, Ștefan Birtalan, Adelina Pastor, Ramona Farcău, Cristina Casandra, Cristian Terheș, Dorin Goga, Eduard Raul Hellvig +10 more
Twinned administrative body 10
Imola, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Baia Mare, Szentendre, Gyula, Hægebostad Municipality, Sirdal, Kvinesdal Municipality +2 more
← Twinned administrative body 10
Imola, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Baia Mare, Szentendre, Gyula, Hægebostad Municipality, Sirdal, Kvinesdal Municipality +2 more
Capital of 2
Sălaj County, Szilágy County
Contained subdivisions 2
Stâna, Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Zalău
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
← Capital 2
Sălaj County, Szilágy County
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Zalău
Contains settlement 1
Stâna
Country 1
Romania
Instance of 1
municipality of Romania
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Sălaj County
Located in this place 1
Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Zalău
Topic's main category 1
Category:Zalău
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Zalău
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Zalău
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Sălaj County
← Headquarters location 1
C.S. Remat Zalău
← Primary destinations 1
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Summary

Zalău is a municipality of Romania[1].

Body

Identity

Zalău's official name is recorded as Zalău[24].

Related Entities

Baia Mare Dacian Cioloș Imola Romania Virgil D. Gligor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 2016bec.ro. 2016bec.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . zalausj.ro. zalausj.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . kam-pod.gov.ua. kam-pod.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . zalausj.ro. zalausj.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . zalausj.ro. zalausj.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . zalausj.ro. zalausj.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . coduripostaleok.ro. coduripostaleok.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . România Geografică. Retrieved . romaniadategeografice.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Official website: http://www.zalausj.ro/"
  2. 5w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'ar', 'azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Wikidata description → capital of the county of Sălaj, Romania
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57208|batch #57208]]"
  3. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    EuroVoc ID → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 16w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+90.090000'}
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Zalău
    Instance of → municipality of Romania, capital of county in Romania
    Coordinates → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ EuroVoc ID: 8516, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
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