a city of Hungary, in the province of the Siebenberger, in the part distinguished as the land of the Saxons. It is the capital of a circle extending over 116 square miles, with a population of about 22,000 persons. It stands on a river of the same name, is surrounded with walls, and has two extensive suburbs. It contains a Catholic, a Greek, a Calvinist, and a Unitarian church, with 600 houses, and 4115 inhabitants, employed in agriculture and in the cultivation of vineyards. Long. 22. 30. 15. E. Lat. 45. 57. 48. N.