Odorheiu Secuiesc : Romania
Odorheiu Secuiesc : Romania
Odorheiu Secuiesc (Hungarian: Székelyudvarhely, German: Oderhellen) is the second largest city in the Harghita judet (county) of Transylvania, Romania. It is one of the historical and traditional centres of the Székely Lands, it is also the county seat of the former Székely (Szekler) county of Udvarhelyszék.
The first known reference to the town was in a papal register of duties in 1333.
Demographics
The city has a population of 36,948, of which 96.7% or 35,359 people are Székely Hungarians, making it the city with the highest proportion of Hungarians in all of Transylvania (Erdély). (Census 2002)