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Location |
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The residence of
the Salaj county is placed in the centre of the county,
on the Zalau River basin, close to the Zalau depression
and Mesesului Summit. Covering an area of 90,09 sq.
km., the administrative territory of the municipal
town includes Stana village (placed on south-eastern
part of the Meses Summit, in the Agrijiului River
basin).
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Distances:
By train, the town is situated 159 sq. km. distance
from Cluj, 81 sq. km from Baia-Mare and 124sq.
km. from Satu-Mare.
By car the distances are: 86 sq. km to Cluj-Napoca,
108 sq. km to Baia-Mare, 119 sq. km to Satu-Mare,
117 sq. km. to Oradea
Means
of transport:
In the town the transport is possible by bus and minibus. |
The
hilly relief of the depression is situated at
200-500 m high. The climate is temperate, rich
in rains and with few temperature variations.
The town is surrounded by woods creating an
ecosystem favorable to tourism. In January the
average temperature is -2,5 Celsius degrees
and in June + 19,3 Celsius Degrees. |
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Medical care
The town has an old tradition
in the medical care field, the first hospital being
opened in 1893 at the initiative of Dr. Szikszai
Lazlo.
The second hospital was used since 1913 and it houses
today the Department of Infectious Disease. |
Three
hospitals carry on their activity today, 3 dispensaries
of which one is particular, one public stomatologic
dispensary, 33 private medical dispensaries, 21
stomatologic private dispensaries, 2 private laboratories,
8 private stomatological laboratories, 15 chemist's
shops and two nurseries.
There are 160 doctors, 38 chemists and about 684
persons forming the whole medical staff on the town. |
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Social maintenance
Social maintenance represents
an important part in the life of the Zalau citizens.
A social eating-hall (with a capacity of 100 places)
is administered by the city hall.
Inside the Integration through Therapy Centre, non-governmental
organizations involve in the integration of the
young disabled persons in the society.
This is the result of a partnership between the
Zalau Disabled Persons Society, the Tionaal Overlegorgaan
Sociale Werkvoorziening in Haga and the European
Community.
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Another project
initiated by the "Home" Romanian-Dutch
Foundation consists in the building of a clinic
for the assistance of the young and old disabled
persons. There are many organizations in Zalau that
help the disabled persons, or the abandoned children:
"Speranta" School, Disposal Centre no.
1 (100 places), Disposal Centre no. 13 (215 employee),
Special School for Young Persons no. 13, Centre
of Preparation, Support, Reintegration and Integration
in the Family, Parents Advice Centre, Service of
Child Assistance and Support in Expressing his Opinion. |
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| Population
In the latest census, the municipal
town had about 62.927 inhabitants of which 80,9
% Romanian, 17,5% Hungarians, 1,4% Romany, 0,03%
Slovak, 0,07% Germans and 0,097 other nationalities.
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Media
The Zalau media is present
through the following newspapers: "Graiul
Salajului', "Salajeanul",
"Graiul Salajului",
"Magazin Salajean",
the Hungarian newspaper " Szilagysag
" and the cultural monthly magazine "Caiete Silvane".
There are also the "NewCom Telecomunications", "UPC", "RDS", "Bizar Telecom", "Romtelecom" TV Cable
Company, 5 radio stations: "Transilvania", "Unison",
"National",
"Magic", "Kiss" and 3 local TV channels "Focus TV", "Hora TV" and "Zalau TV".
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| The name of the town
There have been several hypotheses
on the origins and semnification of the name of
the town:
- according to one of them the name " Zalau'
means " belt" in the Avar language
- " another translation is " the bed with
elms" from the Hungarian "Sil es Agz"
- some believe that " Zalau" is the transcription
in the Hungarian of the German town "Zillenmarkt"
(market place)
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