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[[Image:Cluj_in_Romania.png|thumb|right]]
[[Image:Stema-Cluj.jpg|thumb|right|Seal of Cluj-Napoca]]
[[Cluj-Napoca]] (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; Bulgarian: Клуж-Напока, Czech: Kluž; Slovak: Kluž, Polish: Kluż), until 1974 Cluj, is a city in north-western [[Romania]] and the seat of Cluj County. The city, one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centres centers in the country, is located in the historic province of Transylvania, being also its historic capital, and is approximately 440 km north-west of [[Bucharest]], in the valley of the Someşul Mic river. It concentrates about 310,000 people, but a high rise in metropolitan population is expected within the next 10 years.
== Transport ==
== Hitchhiking directions ==
At Cluj-Napoca intersect some main internal routes of [[Romania]]:<br>
* North: [[Baia-Mare]], [[Ukraine]] (E576)<br>* South: [[Alba-Iulia]], [[Sibiu]], [[Bucharest]] (E60/E81)<br>
* West: [[Oradea]], [[Hungary]] (E60)<br>
Each one of these routes have specific places for hitchhiking, usually on the outskirts of the city.<br>