Dâmboviţa County

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Dâmboviţa County

Facts

Development region: Sud

Historic region: Wallachia

Capital city: Târgovişte

Population:
• As of 2002:
• Population density: 541,763
134/km²

Area: 4,054 km²

Codes:
• Car numbers
• ISO 3166-2:RO DB
RO-DB

Telephone code: (+40) x45 ⁽¹⁾

Web: County Council
Prefecture

1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3

Dâmboviţa (also spelt Dîmboviţa; IPA: ['dɨm.bo.vi.ʦa]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgovişte.

1 Neighbours
2 Demographics
3 Geography
4 Economy
5 Tourism
6 Trivia
7 Administrative divisions
8 References

[edit] Neighbours

Ilfov County and Prahova County in the East.
Argeş County in the West.
Braşov County in the North.
Teleorman County and Giurgiu County in the South.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 541,763 and the population density was 134/km². It is one of the most densely populated counties in Romania.

Romanians - 96%^[1]
Rromas (Gypsies), others.

Year	County population^[2]
1948	409,272
1956	438,985
1966	453,241
1977	527,620
1992	562,041
2002	541,763

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 4,054 km².

The relief has three main forms. In the North there are the mountains from the Southern Carpathians group - the Bucegi Mountains and the Leaotă Mountains. In the center there are the sub-carpathian hills and the South area is part of the Romanian Plain.

The main river gives the county: the Dâmboviţa River. Also the Ialomiţa River flows in the North and East side. In the South the Argeş River flows.

[edit] Economy

In Târgovişte there is one of the biggest factory of steel in Romania. Also oil is being extracted and raffinated.

The predominant industries in the county are:

Metallurgical industry.
Oil extraction equipment.
Food industry.
Home appliances.
Textile industry.
Chemical industry.
Construction materials industry.

[edit] Tourism

The main tourism destinantions are:

The city of Târgovişte - the ancient capital of Walachia.
The Pucioasa Resort.
The Ialomiţa River Valley - Peştera Ialomicioarei.

[edit] Trivia

Glod, a small village in this area, was used to represent Kazakhstan in the filming of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has two municipalities, 4 towns and 76 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Towns

[edit] Communes

Aninoasa
Băleni
Bărbuleţu
Bezdead
Bilciureşti
Braniştea
Brăneşti
Brezoaele
Buciumeni
Bucşani
Butimanu
Cândeşti

Ciocăneşti
Cobia
Cojasca
Comişani
Conţeşti
Corbii Mari
Cornăţelu
Corneşti
Costeştii din Vale
Crângurile
Crevedia
Dărmăneşti

Dobra
Doiceşti
Dragodana
Dragomireşti
Finta
Glodeni
Gura Foii
Gura Ocniţei
Gura Şuţii
Hulubeşti
I. L. Caragiale
Iedera

Lucieni
Ludeşti
Lunguleţu
Malu cu Flori
Măneşti
Mătăsaru
Mogoşani
Moroeni
Morteni
Moţăieni
Niculeşti
Nucet

Ocniţa
Odobeşti
Petreşti
Pietroşiţa
Poiana
Potlogi
Produleşti
Pucheni
Racari
Răzvad
Runcu
Sălcioara

Slobozia Moară
Şelaru
Şotânga
Tărtăşeşti
Tătărani
Ulieşti
Ulmi
Văcăreşti
Valea Lungă
Valea Mare
Văleni-Dâmboviţa
Vârfuri

Vişina
Vişineşti
Voineşti
Vulcana-Băi

[edit] References

^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"
^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"

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