Alba County
county in Romania
46°08′00″N 23°32′00″E / 46.1333°N 23.5333°E Alba (IPA: ['al.ba]; Hungarian: Fehér) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Alba County is Alba Iulia, with a population of 72,405 people.
Alba County
Județul Alba | |
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County | |
Country | Romania |
Development region1 | Centru |
Historic region | Transylvania |
County seat | Alba Iulia |
Government | |
• Type | County Board |
• President of the County Board | Ion Dumitrel (PDL) |
• Prefect2 | Dan Simedru-Coriolan |
Area | |
• Total | 6,242 km2 (2,410 sq mi) |
• Rank | 16th in Romania |
Population | |
• Total | 327,224 |
• Rank | 29th in Romania |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal Code | 51wxyz3 |
Area code | +40 x584 |
Car Plates | AB5 |
GDP | US$ 3.77 billion (2008) |
GDP/capita | US$ 9,842 (2008) |
Website | County Board County Prefecture |
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed 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 functionaries corp 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or eaven 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 utilitary vehicles & ATVs, etc.) and the ones used outside the county |
Geography
changeAlba County has an area of 6,242 km².
The main rivers are the Mureş River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeş and the Arieş.
Divisions
changeAlba County has 4 municipalities, 7 towns and 67 communes, all listed below:
Municipalities
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