Dâmbovița County

Dâmbovița
—  County (Județ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ)	Târgovişte
Government
– Type	County Board
– President of the County Board	Gheorghe Ana
– Prefect2	Aurelian Popa
Area
– Total	4,054 km2 (1,565.3 sq mi)
Area rank	37th in Romania
Population (2002)
– Total	541,763
– Rank	16th in Romania
– Density	134/km2 (347.1/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	13wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x454
Car Plates	DB5
GDP	US$ 3.71 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 6,831 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just to attract 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 to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) 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

Dâmbovița (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdɨmbovit͡sa]); also spelt Dîmbovița (deprecated, but tolerated) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște.

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]
• Roma (Gypsies), others.

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

Geography

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

The county's landscape has three main forms. In the north there are mountains from the Southern Carpathians group – the Bucegi Mountains and the Leaotă Mountains. In the center there are the sub-Carpathian hills and the southern area is part of the Romanian Plain.

The county's main river gives it its name: the Dâmboviţa River. Also the Ialomiţa River flows in the county's northern and eastern regions, while the Argeş River flows in the south.

Neighbours

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• 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.

Economy

One of the biggest steel factories in Romania is located In Târgovişte. Also, oil is extracted and refined the county.

The predominant industries in the county are:

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

Tourism

The main tourist destinations are:

• The city of Târgovişte – the ancient capital of Wallachia.
• The Pucioasa Resort.
• The Ialomiţa River Valley – Peştera Ialomicioarei.

Trivia

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

Administrative divisions

Dâmboviţa County 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 82 communes

• Municipalities
  • Moreni
  • Târgovişte – county seat; population: 89,429 (as of 2002)
• Towns
  • Fieni
  • Găeşti
  • Pucioasa
  • Răcari
  • Titu

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 Perşinari Pietrari Petreşti Pietroşiţa Poiana Potlogi

Produleşti Pucheni Raciu Răscăeţi Răzvad Râu Alb Runcu Sălcioara Slobozia Moară Şelaru, Dâmboviţa Şotânga Tărtăşeşti Tătărani

Ulieşti Ulmi Văcăreşti Valea Lungă Valea Mare Văleni-Dâmboviţa Vârfuri Vişina Vişineşti Vlădeni Voineşti Vulcana-Băi Vulcana-Pandele

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"

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