Călărași County

This article is about Călărași County, Romania. For other uses, see Călărași (disambiguation).

Călărași
—  County (Judet)  —
Landscape in Călărași County
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Resedinta de judet)	Călărași
Government
- Type	County Board
- President of the County Board	Răducu George Filipescu (National Liberal Party)
- Prefect2	Emil Musat
Area
- Total	5,088 km2 (1,964.5 sq mi)
Area rank	28th in Romania
Population (2002)
- Total	324,617
- Rank	34th in Romania
- Density	64/km2 (165.8/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	91wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x424
Car Plates	CL5
GDP	US$ 2.09 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 6,446 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed as a way of managing funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Călărași (Romanian pronunciation: [kələˈraʃʲ]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 324,617 and a population density of 64/km².

• Romanians – 95%^[1]
• Roma and others.

Year	County population[2]
1948	287,722
1956	318,573
1966	337,261
1977	338,807
1992	338,804
2002	324,617

List of cities by population

All the data, except Călărași, is as of 2002.

• Călărași (county's capital and largest city) – 73,823(as of 2005)
• Oltenița – 27,217
• Modelu (county's largest village) – 9,804
• Budești (with Crivăț village) – 9,709
• Borcea (village) – 9,676
• Dragalina (village) – 8,760
• Chirnogi (village) – 8,131

The other two towns of Călărași county (Lehliu Gară and Fundulea) have a population under 8,000 inhabitants.

Geography

This county has an area of 5,088 km².

The entire area lies the south part of the Bărăgan Plain and is crossed by small rivers with deep valleys. On its southern and eastern sides there is the valley of the Danube which, on the eastern side, splits into a number of branches, forming islands, now drained. On the western side, the rivers Argeș and Dâmbovița form a wide valley before flowing into the Danube.

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• Constanța County to the East.
• Ilfov County and Giurgiu County to the West.
• Ialomița County to the North.
• Bulgaria to the South – Silistra Province

Economy

Agriculture is the county's main industry, generating about 3% of the entire country's agricultural output.

The county's industries:

• Metallurgy – there is a big metallurgical plant in Călăraşi, similar to the one in Galaţi
• Food processing
• Textiles
• Construction materials

Tourism

The main tourist destinantion:

• The town of Călăraşi;
• The town of Olteniţa;
• Fishing on the Danube.

Administrative divisions

Călăraşi County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 50 communes

• Municipalities
  • Călăraşi – county seat; population: 73,823 (as of 2007)
  • Olteniţa
• Towns
  • Budeşti
  • Fundulea
  • Lehliu-Gară

Communes Alexandru Odobescu Belciugatele Borcea Căscioarele Chirnogi Chiselet Crivăţ Ciocăneşti Curcani

Cuza Vodă Dichiseni Dor Mărunt Dorobanţu Dragalina Dragoş Vodă Frăsinet Frumuşani Fundeni

Gălbinaşi Grădiştea Gurbăneşti Ileana Independenţa Jegălia Lehliu Luica

Lupşanu Mânăstirea Mitreni Modelu Nana Nicolae Bălcescu Perişoru Plătăreşti

Radovanu Roseţi Săruleşti Sohatu Spanţov Şoldanu Ştefan cel Mare Ştefan Vodă

Tămădău Mare Ulmeni Ulmu Unirea Valea Argovei Vasilaţi Vâlcelele Vlad Ţepeş

References

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

External links

Coordinates: 47°15′N 28°20′E / 47.25°N 28.333°E / 47.25; 28.333