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Hațeg Country

The Hațeg Country is a basin in south-western Transylvania, Romania, enclosed by the Retezat and other ranges of the Southern Carpathians. A medieval Romanian district ruled by its knezes, it contains the ruins of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, capital of Roman Dacia, and early stone churches such as Densuș, and it is known for fossils of dwarf dinosaurs.

Hațeg Country — Image: scanned by Bogdan Stanciu · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Voivodeship of Litovoi

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hațeg Country. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hateg-country
MLA: “Hațeg Country.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hateg-country. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Hațeg Country.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hateg-country.
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