Jibou

Jibou is a metropolis in Salaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2011 it had a population of 10,407. Jibou includes the metropolis proper and other four villages: Rona, Cuceu, Husia and Var. The city is located in a Daco-Roman area and developed early as a rural settlement. The first documentary attestation of Jibou dates to 1205, below the call Chybur.

Among the various names Jibou bore are the titles villa in 1219 and oppidum in 1564, which attest the importance of the locality on the time. Jibou is probably older than its first documentary attestation, given that the Roman road connecting the castra of Tihau with that of Porolissum surpassed through its boundary. The other component localities had been cited a bit later: Rona in 1338, Cuceu in 1388, Husia in 1405 and Var in 1469. The development of Jibou persevered in medieval times, but suffered from Turkish invasions such as those in 1610 and 1665.