Țara Hațegului ("Hațeg Land"; , , ) is a historical and ethnographical area in

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva, Romania, Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as , ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, in the south-western corner of

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

. It is centered in the town of Hațeg. HategMap1607

Țara Hațegului is located in the Depression of Hațeg. Here there are: the site of

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the Capital (political), capital, the first, and largest city of Roman Dacia, named after ''Sarmizegetusa Regia, Sarmizegetusa'' the former Dacian capital, located some 30 km away. It was foun ...

(the capital of the

Roman Dacia Roman Dacia ( ; also known as ; or Dacia Felix, ) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today all in Romania, except the last regi ...

, established in the 2nd century A.D.), the Densuș Church and palaeontological remains (see

Hațeg Island Hațeg Island was a large offshore Former island, island in the Tethys Sea which existed during the Late Cretaceous period, probably from the Cenomanian to the Maastrichtian ages. It was situated in an area corresponding to the region around moder ...

and '' Hatzegopteryx''). Under the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

, the Hátszeg District was part of

Hunyad County Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara (county), Hunedoara) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania (disambiguation), P ...

. The region is composed of one town and ten communes: Hațeg,

Baru ''Baru'', sometimes referred to as the cleaver-headed crocodile, is an extinct genus of Australian mekosuchine crocodilian. Its fossils have been found from various Late Oligocene and Miocene localities from across the Northern Territory and Que ...

, Densuș, General Berthelot, Pui, Răchitova, Râu de Mori, Sarmizegetusa, Sălașu de Sus,

Sântămăria-Orlea Sântămăria-Orlea (, ) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Balomir (''Balomir''), Bărăștii Hațegului (''Baresd''), Bucium-Orlea (''Bucsum''), Ciopeia (''Csopea''), Săcel (''Szacsal''), ...

and

Totești Totești () is a Commune in Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cârnești, Copaci, Păclișa (''Poklisa''), Reea (''Rea'') and Totești. Gallery File:PăclișaHD (10).JPG, Pogany Castle ...

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* http://www.visithateg.com/ Historical regions of Transylvania {{Romania-geo-stub