Carei (Romanian pronunciation: [kaˈrej]; German: Grosskarol/Großkarl; Hungarian: Nagykároly, Hungarian pronunciation: [’nɒɟkaːroj]; Yiddish: קראלי (Karaly)) is a city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. According to the 2011 census it has 20,181 inhabintants: 55% Hungarians, 40% Romanians, 2.5% Roma, and 2.5% Germans. In 1911 it had 16,078 inhabitants: 98 % Hungarians, 1.3% Romanians and 0.7% others.