Satu Mare (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsatu ˈmare]; Hungarian:Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German:Sathmar; Yiddish:סאטמאר (Satmar, Satmer)‎) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011) and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the center of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as "Castrum Zotmar", the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial and business centre in northwestern Romania.