3. Is a city with a population of 113,688 and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania. The city is an important academic, cultural, industrial and business centers in northwestern Romania.
4. Satu Mare is situated in Satu Mare County, in northwest Romania, on the Someş river, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the border with Hungary and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the border with Ukraine. The city is located at an altitude of 126 metres (413 ft) on the Lower Someş alluvial plain. From a geomorphologic point of view, the city is located on the Someş Meadow on both sides of the river, which narrows in the vicinity of the city and widens upstream and downstream from it; flooded during heavy rainfall, the field has various geographical configurations at the edge of the city (sand banks, valleys, micro-depressions).
5. The formation of the current terrain of the city, dating from the late Pliocene in the Tertiary period, is linked to the clogging of the Pannonian Sea. Layers of soil were created from deposits of sand, loess and gravel, and generally have a thickness of 16 metres (52 ft)–18 metres (59 ft). Over this base, decaying vegetation gave rise to podsolic soils, which led to favorable conditions for crops (cereals, vegetables, fruit trees). The city's largest park, the Garden of Rome, features some rare trees that are uncommon to the area, including Styphnolobiumjaponicum, native to East Asia (especially China); Pterocarya, also native to Asia; and Paulowniatomentosa, native to central and western China.
6. Tourism Major tourist attractions are: * Fire Tower, a 47 meters (154 ft) high tower * Roman Catholic Cathedral * Capitoline Wolf Statue * Chain Church * Administrative Palace, a 97 meters (318 feet) tall building * Dacia Hotel * Garden of Rome There are several hotels in town: two 4-star hotels - Hotel Villa Poesis and Bodi, eleven 3 star hotels - Astoria, Leon, Luxury Villa, Dacia, Dawn, Dana I, Dana II Select, Rania, Melody and Belvedere and a 2-star hotel - Sports.
