Dolj County

Dolj
—  County (Judeţ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud-Vest
Historic region	Oltenia
Capital city	Craiova
Government
- Type	County Board
- President of the County Board	Ion Prioteasa
- Prefect2	Silviu Dumitru
Area
- Total	7,414 km2 (2,862.6 sq mi)
Area rank	7th in Romania
Population (2002)
- Total	734,231
- Rank	4th in Romania
- Density	99/km2 (256.4/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	20wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x514
Car Plates	DJ5
GDP	US$ 5.64 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 7,673 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage 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 his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' 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

Dolj (Romanian pronunciation: [dolʒ]; originally meant Dol(no)-Jiu, "lower Jiu", toward Gorj (upper Jiu)^{[citation needed]}) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova (population: 314,437).

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 734,231 and a population density of 99/km².

• Romanians – over 96%^[1]
• Romas (Gypsies) – 3%
• Others almost 1%.

Year	County population[2]
1948	615,301
1956	642,028
1966	691,116
1977	750,328
1992	762,142
2002	734,231

Geography

This county has a total area of 7,414 km².

The entire area is flat, a plain with the Danube on the South forming a wide valley, and crossed by the Jiu River in the middle. Also other small rivers flow, each one forming ints small valley. There are some lakes across the county and many ponds and channel on the Danube valley. 6% of the county's area is a desert [1].

Neighbours

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BR

BZ

CS

CL

CJ

CT

CV

DB

DJ

GL

GR

GJ

HR

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IF

MM

MH

MS

NT

OT

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• Olt County to the East.
• Mehedinţi County to the West.
• Gorj County and Vâlcea County to the North.
• Bulgaria to the South – Vidin Province, Montana Province and Vratsa Province.

Economy

Agriculture is the county's main industry. The county has a land that is ideal for growing cereals, vegetables and wines. All other industries are mainly located in the city of Craiova, the largest city in southwestern Romania.

The county's main industries:

• Automotive industry – Ford has a factory.
• Heavy electrical and transport equipment – Electroputere Craiova is the largest factory plant in Romania.
• Aeronautics
• Chemicals processing
• Foods and beverages
• Textiles
• Mechanical parts and components

There are two small ports on the shore of the Danube river – Bechet and Calafat.

People

• Corneliu Baba
• Tudor Gheorghe
• Alexandru Macedonski
• Titu Maiorescu
• Amza Pellea
• Doina Ruşti
• Francisc Şirato
• Marin Sorescu
• Nicolae Titulescu
• Ion Ţuculescu
• Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen
• Mihai Viteazul

Tourism

Major tourist attractions:

• The city of Craiova;
• The city of Calafat;
• Fishing on the Danube;
• The city of Bailesti.

Administrative divisions

Dolj County 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 104 communes

• Municipalities
  • Băileşti
  • Calafat
  • Craiova – capital city; population: 299,429 (as of 2007)
• Towns
  • Bechet
  • Dăbuleni
  • Filiaşi
  • Segarcea

Communes Afumaţi Almăj Amărăştii de Jos Amărăştii de Sus Apele Vii Argetoaia Bârca Bistreţ Botoşeşti-Paia Brabova Brădeşti Braloştiţa Bratovoeşti Breasta Bucovăţ Bulzeşti Călăraşi Calopăr

Caraula Cârcea Cârna Carpen Castranova Catane Celaru Cerăt Cernăteşti Cetate Cioroiaşi Ciupercenii Noi Coşoveni Coţofenii din Dos Coţofenii din Faţă Daneţi Desa Dioşti

Dobreşti Dobroteşti Drăgoteşti Drănic Fărcaş Galicea Mare Galiciuica Gângiova Gherceşti Ghidici Ghindeni Gighera Giubega Giurgiţa Gogoşu Goicea Goieşti

Greceşti Întorsura Işalniţa Izvoare Leu Lipovu Măceşu de Jos Măceşu de Sus Maglavit Malu Mare Mârşani Melineşti Mischii Moţăţei Murgaşi Negoi Orodel

Ostroveni Perişor Pieleşti Piscu Vechi Pleniţa Pleşoi Podari Poiana Mare Predeşti Radovan Rast Robăneşti Rojişte Sadova Sălcuţa Scăeşti Seaca de Câmp

Seaca de Pădure Secu Siliştea Crucii Şimnicu de Sus Sopot Tălpaş Teasc Terpeziţa Teslui Ţuglui Unirea Urzicuţa Valea Stanciului Vârtop Vârvoru de Jos Vela Verbiţa

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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