Gorj County

Gorj
Gorj
County (Judeţ)
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 44°57′40″N 23°12′34″E / 44.9610°N 23.2094°E
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud-Vest
Historic region	Lesser Wallachia
Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ)	Târgu Jiu
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Ion Călinoiu
• Prefect2	Ştefan-Marian Popescu-Bejat
Area
• Total	5,602 km2 (2,163 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	387,308
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	21wxyz3
Area code	+40 x534
Car Plates	GJ5
Website	County Board; County Prefecture

Gorj (IPA: [gorʒ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia. The capital is Târgu Jiu.

Geography

Gorj county has an area of 5,602 km². The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River.

Gorj County has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 61 communes.

in descending order of size

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Gorj
County (Judeţ)
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 44°57′40″N 23°12′34″E / 44.9610°N 23.2094°E / 44.9610; 23.2094
Country	Romania
Development region¹	Sud-Vest
Historic region	Lesser Wallachia
Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ)	Târgu Jiu
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Ion Călinoiu
• Prefect²	Ştefan-Marian Popescu-Bejat
Area
• Total	5,602 km² (2,163 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	387,308
• Density	69/km² (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	21wxyz³
Area code	+40 x53⁴
Car Plates	GJ⁵
Website	County Board County Prefecture