Teaca (,Tekendorf in Nordsiebenbürgen : Ortsmonographie; Ilse Schliessleder-Fronius, 1989 ) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Archiud ( Arkeden bei Bistriz, Mezőerked), Budurleni ( Budurló), Ocnița ( Salzgruben, Mezőakna), Pinticu ( Pintak, Szászpéntek), Teaca, and Viile Tecii ( Großeidau, Kolozsnagyida).
The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the Nösnerland, a historic region of northeastern Transylvania. Teaca lies at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Dipșa and its right tributary, the river Pintic. It is located in the southern part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, from the county seat, Bistrița, on the border with Mureș County.
Teaca is crossed by national road (part of European route E578), which joins Reghin ( to the southeast, in Mureș County) to Bistrița.
At the 2021 census, Teaca had a population of 4,991; of those, 60.25% were Romanians, 26.21% Roma, and 5.95% Hungarians.
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