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Gătaia is a town in Timiș County, Banat, western Romania. It is located on the Bârzava River at 52 km (32 mi) from Timișoara and 47 km (29 m) from Reșița.NameIn Gattaja; in Gátalja; in Гатаја / Gataja.VillagesIt administers five villages: Butin, Percosova, Sculia, Șemlacu Mare and Șemlacu Mic . Declared a town in 2004, it also administered four other villages until that time, when they were split off to form Birda Commune.DemographicsAt the 2011 census, 78.1% of inhabitants were Romanians, 11.6% Hungarians, 1% Germans, 0.6% Roma and 8.4% other.TransportTrain services to Buziaș and Jamu Mare are operated by Regiotrans.Notable peopleIt is the birthplace of Adalbert Deșu, a Romanian football striker, who played at the 1930 FIFA World Cup with the Romanian national football team.