Historical Administrative Divisions of Romania - Current Situation

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In 1981 the Ilfov County was divided into a so-called "Agricultural Sector" of Ilfov (Sectorul Agricol Ilfov) and the newly-created Giurgiu County, and Călăraṣi County was created by detaching the southern part of the Ialomiṭa County. The county borders introduced in 1968 are largely in place at present, but administrative reforms during 1990s have devolved the functions of different authorities in line with transition from a totalitarian communist system to a modern democracy. The only territorial adjustment after 1989 occurred in 1995, when Ilfov County was formed out of the so-called "agricultural sector" of the Municipality of Bucharest (Sectorul Agricol Ilfov). With Romania's integration into the European structures, its counties became NUTS level 3 divisions of the European Union.

As of 2009, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:

Name Common
Abbrev		 Capital Area (km2) Development Region
Alba AB Alba Iulia 6,242 Center
Arad AR Arad 7,754 West
Argeş AG Piteşti 6,862 South-Muntenia
Bacău BC Bacău 6,621 North-East
Bihor BH Oradea 7,544 North-West
Bistriţa-Năsăud BN Bistriţa 5,355 North-West
Botoşani BT Botoşani 4,986 North-East
Braşov BV Braşov 5,363 Center
Brăila BR Brăila 4,766 South-East
Buzău BZ Buzău 6,103 South-East
Caraş-Severin CS Reşiţa 8,514 West
Călăraşi CL Călăraşi 5,088 South-Muntenia
Cluj CJ Cluj-Napoca 6,674 North-West
Constanţa CT Constanţa 7,071 South-East
Covasna CV Sfântu Gheorghe 3,710 Center
Dâmboviţa DB Târgovişte 4,054 South-Muntenia
Dolj DJ Craiova 7,414 South-West Oltenia
Galaţi GL Galaţi 4,466 South-East
Giurgiu GR Giurgiu 3,526 South-Muntenia
Gorj GJ Târgu Jiu 5,602 South-West Oltenia
Harghita HR Miercurea Ciuc 6,639 Center
Hunedoara HD Deva 7,063 West
Ialomiţa IL Slobozia 4,453 South-Muntenia
Iaşi IS Iaşi 5,476 North-East
Ilfov IF Buftea 1,583 Bucharest-Ilfov
Maramureş MM Baia Mare 6,304 North-West
Mehedinţi MH Drobeta-Turnu Severin 4,933 South-West Oltenia
Mureş MS Târgu Mureş 6,714 Center
Neamţ NT Piatra Neamţ 5,896 North-East
Olt OT Slatina 5,498 South-West Oltenia
Prahova PH Ploieşti 4,716 South-Muntenia
Satu Mare SM Satu Mare 4,418 North-West
Sălaj SJ Zalău 3,864 North-West
Sibiu SB Sibiu 5,432 Center
Suceava SV Suceava 8,553 North-East
Teleorman TR Alexandria 5,790 South-Muntenia
Timiş TM Timişoara 8,697 West
Tulcea TL Tulcea 8,499 South-East
Vaslui VS Vaslui 5,318 North-East
Vâlcea VL Râmnicu Vâlcea 5,765 South-West Oltenia
Vrancea VN Focşani 4,857 South-East
Bucureşti B (Bucharest municipality) 228 Bucharest-Ilfov

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