Mures
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Administrative map of Romania with Mureş county highlighted
Mureş (Hungarian: Maros) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Târgu Mureş, known in Hungarian as Marosvásárhely (population: 165,835). Its common abbreviation is MS.
Demographics
In 2000, it had a population of 602,426 and the population density was 90/km². According to the latest national census (2002), the major ethnic groups in the county are:
- Romanians (53,3% or 309,375)
- Hungarians (39,3% or 228,275)
- Gypsies (6,95% or 40,425).
Geography
This county has a total area of 6,714 km².
List of cities in Mureş county
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