Botiza
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Botiza is a commune in Maramureş County
Maramures County
Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...

, northern 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...

. The commune is well-known for the hand-made wool carpets. It is composed of a single village, Botiza, also including Poienile Izei
Poienile Izei
Poienile Izei is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. The commune is composed of a single village, Poienile Izei, which was part of Botiza Commune until being split off in 1995.At the 2002 census, 99.9% of inhabitants were Romanians and 0.1% Ukrainians...

until the latter was split off to form a separate commune in 1995.
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