Szilágy is also the Hungarian name for the Romanian county Sălaj.
Szilágy is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania. The capital of the county was Zalău (Romanian, Zilah in Hungarian).
Geography
Szilágy county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Bihar, Szatmár, Szolnok-Doboka and Kolozs. The rivers Someş/Szamos and Crasna/Kraszna flow through the county. Its territory is for a large part the same as that of the present Romanian county Sălaj. Its area was 3815 km² around 1910.
History
Szilágy county was formed in 1876, when the counties Kraszna and Közép-Szolnok were united.
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Most of it is now part of the Romanian county Sălaj, except some areas in the north-west (presently in Satu Mare county) and north-east (presently in Maramureş county).
Districts
In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:
Urban districts:
