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Șumal

Sălajvillage

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Total population

661

Air quality index

36Good
Coordinates47.28°, 22.56°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

As a small village in Sălaj, Romania, Șumal occupies its own corner of the country. On the world map it falls within the Eastern Hemisphere, specifically at 47.282°, 22.563°. Around 661 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. The latitude suggests four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. The location receives about 1,279 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 50% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
47.2817
Longitude
22.5629
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
36
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
7.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
10.4
Ozone (µg/m³)
58
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.7

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
2,838
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    207
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
    Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
    188
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow
    Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    142
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    134
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    118
  • Rock Pigeon
    Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
    103
  • Rook
    Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    89
  • Black Redstart
    Phoenicurus ochruros (S.G.Gmelin, 1774) · Aves
    78

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
5
Largest magnitude
4.3
Largest event
2025-10-15

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Eva Mozes Kor
Eva Mozes Kor
Holocaust survivor (1934–2019)
István Borzási
István Borzási
I
István Fejérvári
P
Péter Király
Hungarian jurist, writer (1868–1933)
G
Géza Leiher
I
István Nits
F
Ferenc Oláh
J
Jenő Zoványi
Hungarian church historian, bibliographer and reformed pastor (1865-1958)
B
Bálint Kisfalussy
Hungarian actor (1939-2015)
J
József Tunyogi Csapó
Hungarian legal scholar, law professor and full professor (1790–1865)
V
Vilmos Tibor Meleg
Hungarian actor from Romania (born: 1956)
K
Károly Virág
János Márkus Barbarossa
János Márkus Barbarossa
Hungarian poet (1955–)
J
József Nemecz
Hungarian drafter and political activist (1890-1920)
J
József Bagosi
Hungarian cultural anthropologist, ethnographer (1959)
Miriam Mozes Zeiger
Miriam Mozes Zeiger
Romanian-born Holocaust survivor (1934-1993)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.5
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,279

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
1
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania)

SIRUTA
141991
Population (Wikidata)
441
Wikidata
Q739433

SIRUTA via Wikidata P843

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania) — SIRUTA via Wikidata P843