sentences:  Its Romanian name derives from the Hungarian and was originally "Ciuc-Sâncraiu".The settlement was historically part of the Székely Land area of Transylvania and administratively belonged to Csíkszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary.Between 1762 and 1851, the village provided recruits for the 3rd Company of the First Székely Infantry Regiment.