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Sz�kely lands


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The Sz�kely or Szeklers (Hungarian: Sz�kely, Romanian: Secui, German: Szekler) ( 's�k-ei' in pronunciation ) are a Hungarian ethnic group mostly living in Transylvania in Romania, with a significant population also living in Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro. Most of the world's Sz�kely population live in Romania and they are tightly concentrated in an area known as Sz�kelyf�ld (Szekler Land). Based on the latest Romanian statistics, approximately 1,400,000 ethnic-Hungarians live in Romania, mostly in Transylvania. Of these, about 670,000 consider themselves Sz�kely, and mainly live in the counties of Harghita, Covasna and parts of Mures. Sz�kelys hence accounting for an important part of the Hungarian minority in Romania.
The Sz�kely are of uncertain origins, subject to much debate among themselves and among scholars. A widespread theory asserts that they descend from the warrior tribe lands, on which the Magyars soon settled, along frontier mountains to defend against invasions from Tatars and other menacing people from the east. Sz�kely people adhere proudly to their Hungarian identity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szekler

KMZ (447 KB) includes:
placemark:
-pointing the sz�kely area including a short description of the sz�kelys
overlays (with links of maps) /check them one by one with placemark/:
-sz�kely lands in 1872
-hungarian regions in transylvania 1910 (just before trianon treaty)
-ethnic groups in eastern europe 1995
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