Ip, Salaj
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Ip or Ipp is a commune in Sălaj County
, Romania
. It is composed of five villages: Cosniciu de Jos, Cosniciu de Sus, Ip, Zăuan and Zăuan-Băi.
The commune was the site of the 1940 Ip massacre
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Salaj County
Sălaj is a county of Romania, in the historical regions of Crișana and Transylvania, with the capital city at Zalău.-Geography:Sălaj county has a total area of ....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It is composed of five villages: Cosniciu de Jos, Cosniciu de Sus, Ip, Zăuan and Zăuan-Băi.
The commune was the site of the 1940 Ip massacre
Ip massacre
The Ip massacre took place in the early hours of 14 September 1940, in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania when the Hungarian Army, apparently supported by a local vigilante group, killed 158 Romanian civilians....
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