Szeben County

Szeben County
Comitatus Cibinensis (Latin)
Szeben vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Hermannstadt (German)
Comitatul Sibiu (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms

CapitalNagyszeben
Area
 • Coordinates45°48′N 24°9′E / 45.800°N 24.150°E / 45.800; 24.150
 
• 1910
3,619 km2 (1,397 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
176,900
History 
• Established
1876
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
Sibiu is the current name of the capital.

Szeben was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (southern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Nagyszeben (present-day Sibiu).

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