Săpânţa (IPA pronunciation in Romanian: /səpɨntsa/; old spelling "Săpînţa"; Hungarian: "Szaplonca", Slovak: "Sapunka", Yiddish: "Spinka" or "Shpinka") is a commune in Maramureş County in northern Romania, 15 kilometers northwest of Sighet and just south of the Tisza River.It is k...