Ohaba (; ) is a
commune located in
Alba County
Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536.
Name
"Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...
,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of four villages: Colibi (''Székás''), Măghierat (''Magyarádtanya''), Ohaba, and Secășel (''Szekasbesenyö''; ''Heidendorf'').
The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, on the banks of the river
Secaș
Secaș (; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Checheș, Crivobara, Secaș (commune seat) and Vizma.
History
Secaș first appears in written history in 1440. At that time it was assigned to Arad County, w ...
and its left tributary, the
Ohaba.
At the
2011 census, the commune had a population of 757; of those, 92.73% were
ethnic Romanians and 2.51%
Roma
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People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
. At the
2021 census, the population had dropped to 538, of which 90.15 were ethnic Romanians.
Natives
* (1884–1956),
Orthodox cleric, Archbishop of
Iași
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, Metropolitan of
Moldavia and Bukovina
References
Communes in Alba County
Localities in Transylvania
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