Întorsura Buzăului

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Întorsura Buzăului
|official_name=Întorsura Buzăului
image_shield=


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Covasna County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Town
settlement_type=Town|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Gheorghe Baciu
|leader_party=Democratic Party
area_total_km2=60
population_as_of=2002
population_total=8926|latd=45|latm=40|lats=22|latNS=N|longd=26|longm=2|longs=3|longEW=E|
website=http://www.geocities.com/intorsura_buzaului/

Întorsura Buzăului (meaning "Buzău River's Turn" in English, _hu. Bodzaforduló) is a town in Covasna County, southeastern Transylvania, central Romania.

Population

At the 2002 Romanian census, the town had 8926 inhabitants, of whom 8853 were Romanians, 57 were Hungarians, and 15 Roma. [ [http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2568&judet_id=2699&localitate_id=2704 2002 census data for Întorsura Buzăului] ]

Geography and Climate

The town is located at 750m altitude, in a depression, surrounded by Întorsurii, Ciucas and Siriu mountains. Due to its location, Intorsura Buzaului registers the lowest temperatures in Romania every year. In January 2006 the lowest registered temperature was -41°C(-41.8F) for 2 consecutive days.

Local Festivals

The "Ciobanasul" (English: The Shepherd) Annual Festival takes place in Intorsura Buzaului in the last Sunday of September and lasts for one day. At the festival, visitors come from the town and the surrounding villages, and even from other counties. In 2006 the Romanian president Traian Basescu attended the festival. During the festival the attendants can consume Romanian traditional foods and drinks and are entertained with Romanian popular music.

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