Maramureș
Context of Maramureș
Maramureș (Romanian: Maramureș pronounced [maraˈmureʃ] (listen); Ukrainian: Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; Hungarian: Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated on the northeastern Carpathians, along the upper Tisa River; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the surrounding Carpathian mountains.
Alternatively, the term Maramureș is also used for the Maramureș County of Romania, which contains the southern section of the historical region.