Baia de Arama is a small Romanian town located in the Wallachian county of Mehedinti with a population of 5,724. The mayor is Nistor Buican-Paulescu. The Brebina river runs through the town, and it contains many Dacian ruins and other things one would expect to find in a small Wallachian town.
Baia de Arama was once a strong copper mining town, however over the years many of the mines in the town have closed leaving roughly half the town unemployed.
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The commune contains four settlements: Town of Baia Sprie/Fels?bánya, Chiuzbaia, Satu Nou de Sus and Tautii de Sus villages. The commune has 16,059 inhabitants. The town has 11,735 inhabitants (28.9% Hungarians, 1992 census). Neighbouring communities are: Baia Mare/Nagybánya City, Grosi, Dumbravita, Sisesti and Desesti.
History
The first mention of the settlement is from 1329 as "Civitas in medio monte". The city was in Szatmár County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1567 it was annexed by Prince János Zsigmond, prince of Transylvania. 1605-1606, 1621-1629, 1645-1648 the
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Consistent with the concentration of the economic activities and their importance, Baia Mare ranks the 3rd in the northwest of Romania.
History
During the Bronze Age,
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