Arad Dancers

Arad ; Hungarian: Arad; Serbian: Арад/Arad) is the capital city of Arad County, situated in the Crişana region of western Romania.An important industrial center and transportation hub on the Mureş River, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training school for teachers and a music conservatory. The city has a population of 147,992, making it the 13th largest city in Romania. Arad is the third largest city in the western part of the country, behind Timişoara and Oradea.