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The Hungarian minority in Romania is one of the largest minorities in Europe, estimated at around one and a half million people.
History
(to be written)
Politics
The ethnic party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania holds as of 2004 10 seats in the Senate (6.23%) and 22 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (6.17%) and has been since 1996 part of the ruling coalition in Romania.
(to be written about autonomy of the Szekely land movement)
Population
Nation-wide
- 1992 - 1,624,959 persons, 7,1% of the population
- 2002 - 1,431,807 persons, 6,6% of the population
By county
Hungarians form the majority of population in two counties of South-Eastern Transylvania: Harghita and Covasna.
| County | Hungarians | Percentage of the population |
|---|
| Harghita | 275,841 | 84.61% |
| Covasna | 164,055 | 73.81% |
| Mureş | 227,673 | 39.26% |
| Satu Mare | 129,998 | 35.22% |
| Bihor | 155,554 | 25.92% |
| Sălaj | 57,318 | 23.07% |
| Cluj | 122,131 | 17.37% |
| Arad | 49,399 | 10.70% |
| Maramureş | 46,250 | 9.06% |
| Braşov | 51,470 | 8.75% |
| Timiş | 51,421 | 7.59% |
| Bistriţa-Năsăud | 18,394 | 5.89% |
| Alba | 20,682 | 5.40% |
| Hunedoara | 25,321 | 5.20% |
| Sibiu | 15,478 | 3.67% |
| Caraş-Severin | 5,859 | 1.76% |
| Bacău | 4,528 | 0.64% |
| Bucharest | 5,834 | 0.31% |
Each of the other counties of Romania has a Hungarian population of less than 1,000 people.
Culture
(to be written)
See also
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