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Counties of Romania

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

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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
Dāmboviţa 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 IF Buftea
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 Vālcea
Vrancea VN Focşani
Bucureşti (Bucharest municipality) B

A new administrative division was proposed, dividing the country into regions, but it is not expected to be implemented before 2005.

History

The administrative division in "judeţe" was created in the 19th century using the French departments system as an example. The communist party changed it to the Russian model (in rayons), but it was soon reverted to the current system 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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