Transylvania modern Romania. The plateau is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern, Southern and Romanian Western branches of the Carpathian Mountains. The area includes the Transylvanian Plain. Other areas to the west and north are widely considered part of Transylvania. In common reference, the Western border of Transylvania has come to be identified with the present Romanian-Hungarian border, settled in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, though geographically the two are not identical. Ethnographic areas: The area of the historical Voivodeship is . The regions granted to Romania in 1920 covered 23 counties including nearly (102,787–103,093 km in Hungarian sources and 102,200
Transylvania, Louisiana Transylvania, Louisiana Transylvania is an unincorporated community in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of Transylvania was 743. Transylvania is located at 32.66° north, 91.25° west (ZIP Code centroid). It is approximately south of Lake Providence on U.S. Highway 65, at the junction with SR 581, near the Mississippi River. The U.S. Census Bureau lacks statistics for the total area, land and water areas of Transylvania. Transylvania was named in the early 19th century by Transylvania University alumnus Dr. W. L. Richards. He bought large acreage in the northern Louisiana area and named