Ciacova (Hungarian: Csák; German: Tschakowa; Serbian: Чаково, romanized: Čakovo; Turkish: Çakova) is a town in Timiș County, Romania.

In 1808 János Lipszky [hu; de] claims that the name Ciacova comes from the Romanian language, but does not provide evidence in support of this statement.

[3] Ciacova is located in the Timiș Plain, on Timișul Mort River, about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of Timișoara.

There are small depressions (cenotes), remnants of lakes, ponds or swamps that existed here until the 18th century, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire executed a vast plan of drainage and damming.

Today, the remains of these ponds can be seen in the field in the form of slightly deepened circles that are whiter than the black plowed land; these are the so-called salt marshes.

In the Ciacova area, the surface of the various forms of microrelief is occupied 85% by field, 2.5% by cenotes, 3% by valleys, 2% by terraces, 1% by riverbed sands, 0.8% by dry lakes, 0.5% by floodplain and 5.2% by roads, streets and ditches.

It "died" in the 18th century with the drainage of the Banat swamps, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire artificially created the current anthropic valley of the Timiș by Cebza, Macedonia, etc.

Timișul Mort is today a swampy area with small waterholes, ponds full of helophyte plants, rushes, reeds, duckweeds, etc.

Due to the cyclonic activity and the humid air invasions from the west, the southwest and the northwest, in Banat the precipitations are more abundant than in the Wallachian Plain.

The species here include: Quercus robur, Ulmus glabra, Fraxinus excelsior, Acer campestre, Carpinus betulus, etc.

The undergrowth in the forest has as representatives: Crataegus monogyna, Corylus avellana, Prunus spinosa, Cornus sanguinea, Euonymus europaeus, Ligustrum vulgare, hanging plants (Hedera helix, Clematis vitalba), etc.

High humidity develops mesophilic and hydrophilic species: Juncus effusus, Carex acuta, Cyperus fuscus, etc.

[4] Among the mammals, rodents predominate: hamster, mole rat, hare, otter, ground squirrel, then polecat, fox, badger and wild boar (in Macedonia Forest).

Some representatives of the family played an important role in the medieval history of Hungary, such as Ugrin Csák, who was metropolitan of Esztergom and prefect of Csanád.

The invasion of the Tatars shattered the links of the settlement with the Csák family, and after its destruction, King Béla IV gave it to the Pechenegs and Cumans.

It is very probable that the settlement was re-established at that time, because in the papal tithe records of 1332–1333, Ciacova already had the status of a rural commune.

In 1395, brothers Miklós and György Csáky gave the fortress to King Sigismund of Luxembourg in exchange for property in Transylvania.

The Ciacova Fortress had a minor strategic importance for the Turks, being located "25 days on horseback" from Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

[6] Following the Treaty of Karlowitz on 26 January 1699, under the command of Count Wolf of Oettingen, the Ciacova Fortress was destroyed, leaving only the culă (defense tower).