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Counties of Romania

As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:

NameCommon
Abbrev
Capital
Alba AB Alba Iulia[?]
Arad AR Arad
Argeş AG Piteşti[?]
Bacău BC Bacău
Bihor[?] BH Oradea[?]
Bistriţa-Năsăud[?] BN Bistriţa[?]
Botoşani[?] BT Botoşani[?]
Braşov BV Braşov
Brăila[?] BR Brăila[?]
Buzău[?] BZ Buzău[?]
Caraş-Severin CS Reşiţa
Călăraşi[?] CL Călăraşi[?]
Cluj[?] CJ Cluj-Napoca
Constanţa[?] CT Constanţa[?]
Covasna[?] CV Sfântu Gheorghe[?]
Dâmboviţa[?] DB Târgovişte[?]
Dolj[?] DJ Craiova[?]
Galaţi GL Galaţi
Gorj[?] GJ Târgu Jiu[?]
Giurgiu[?] GR Giurgiu[?]
Harghita[?] HR Miercurea Ciuc[?]
Hunedoara HD Deva
Ialomiţa[?] IL Slobozia[?]
Iaşi IS Iaşi
Ilfov[?] B Bucureşti
Maramureş[?] MM Baia Mare[?]
Mehedinţi[?] MH Drobeta-Turnu Severin[?]
Mureş[?] MS Târgu Mureş[?]
Neamţ NT Piatra Neamţ[?]
Olt[?] OT Slatina[?]
Prahova[?] PH Ploieşti[?]
Satu Mare[?] SM Satu Mare[?]
Sălaj[?] SJ Zalău[?]
Sibiu[?] SB Sibiu[?]
Suceava[?] SV Suceava[?]
Teleorman[?] TR Alexandria
Timiş[?] TM Timişoara
Tulcea[?] TL Tulcea[?]
Vaslui[?] VS Vaslui[?]
Vâlcea[?] VL Râmnicu Vâlcea[?]
Vrancea[?] VN Focşani[?]

A new administrative division was proposed, but it is not expected to be implemented before 2005.

History

Today's administrative division of Romania was created in 1968. In 1981 the former counties of Ilfov and Ialomiţa were re-organised into the present-day counties of Giurgiu, Călăraşi, Ialomiţa and Ilfov. Until 1995 Ilfov was not a proper county, instead it was dependant of Bucharest.



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