Szilágy County

Szilágy County
Comitatus Silagiensis (Latin)
Szilágy vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Szilagy (German)
Comitatul Sălaj (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalZilah
Area
 • Coordinates47°11′N 23°3′E / 47.183°N 23.050°E / 47.183; 23.050
 
• 1910
3,815 km2 (1,473 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
230,100
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
• Disestablished
1945
Today part ofRomania
Zalău is the current name of the capital.

Szilágy (Romanian: Sălaj) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Romania. The capital of the county was Zilah (present-day Zalău in Romania).

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