What is Sinaia?
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = town |other_name=Szinaja|county = Prahova |population_total = auto |map_caption = Location in Prahova County |official_name=Sinaia |image_map=Sinaia jud Prahova.png |image_shield=ROU PH Sinaia CoA.png |coordinates = {{coord|45|21|0|N|25|33|5|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}} |leader_name = Vlad Gheorghe Oprea<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009164915/https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |url-status=dead }}</ref> |leader_party = PNL |term = 2020&ndash;2024 |area_total_km2=89.27 |website={{url|http://www.primaria-sinaia.ro/}} }} '''Sinaia''' ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: ''Szinaja'') is a curort [[town]] in [[Prahova County|Prahova Country]], [[Romania]]. This town was named after the [[Sinaia Monastery]] of [[1695]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Szinaja|url=https://www.szekelyfoldiinfo.ro/Menu/Szinaja.html|access-date=2025-03-02|website=www.szekelyfoldiinfo.ro|language=hu}}</ref> == Location == The settlement is located in the Prahova Valley, at the eastern foot of the [[Bucegi Mountains]], 60 km north of [[Ploiești]] and 50 km south of [[Brașov]], at an altitude of 767–820 meters above sea level. == Climate == The climate is low mountainous. The average yearly temperature is 8 °C, with [[June]] at 15 °C and [[January]] at −4 °C. Early [[summer]] is rainy. The average annual rainfall is 900 mm. The rainiest month is [[June]] (173 mm), while [[September]] and [[February]] have the least rain (55 mm and 40 mm). Snow cover lasts from [[November]] to [[March]] or [[April]]. Its thickness ranges from 20 cm to 3 m, depending on the altitude. == History == In the [[17th century]], the forested area in the Prahova Valley where Sinaia is t