Claim: Vlăhița was first mentioned as a Romanian settlement in part of the Székely area belonging to Udvarhelyszék
Evidence: Vlăhița (Oláhfalu) was first mentioned as a Romanian settlement (Villa Olachalis). The town was part of the Székely Land area of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Udvarhelyszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Udvarhely County of the Austria-Hungary.