Ghiroda Nouă

45°45′35.44″N 21°16′9.9″E Ghiroda Nouă (Hungarian: Újgiroda, also Erzsébetpuszta; German: Neugiroda) is a district of Timișoara, located in the eastern part of the city, north of the Bega Canal. Originally called Colonia Crișan (Hungarian: Krizsántelep; German: Krischan Kolonie), the area was populated around 1750, when there was a rice mill here. It was annexed to Timișoara in 1949.

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