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Bihor (Hungarian: Bihar) is a county (judeţ) in North-Western Romania, Western Transylvania in the Crişana region, with capital city at Oradea (population: 206,527). Romanian map with highlighted county Made by me File links The following pages link to this file: Bihor Categories: GFDL images | NowCommons | Romania county maps ... Jump to: navigation, search Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: ErdÃ©ly, German: SiebenbÃ¼rgen, see also List of European regions with alternative names) forms the western and central parts of Romania. ... Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: NagyvÃ¡rad, sometimes VÃ¡rad; German: GroÃŸwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A judeÅ£ is an administrative division in Romania and was also used for some time in Moldova. ... Jump to: navigation, search Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: ErdÃ©ly, German: SiebenbÃ¼rgen, see also List of European regions with alternative names) forms the western and central parts of Romania. ... CriÅŸana is a region of west Romania, near the border with Hungary, named after the three CriÅŸ rivers that flow through it. ... Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: NagyvÃ¡rad, sometimes VÃ¡rad; German: GroÃŸwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania. ...

Neighbours

SÄƒlaj (Hungarian: SzilÃ¡gy) is a county (JudeÅ£) in North-Western Romania, in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at ZalÄƒu (population: 71,580). ... Cluj (Hungarian: Kolozs, German: Klausen) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca (population: 333,607). ... ... HajdÃº-Bihar is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. ... Administrative map of Romania with Satu Mare county highlighted Satu Mare (Hungarian: Szatmár) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Satu Mare (population: 130,573). ... Administrative map of Romania with Arad county highlighted Arad is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Crişana region, with the capital city at Arad (population: 185,272). ...

Demographics

In 2002, Bihor had a population of 600,223 and the population density was 79.56/km². 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average. Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Romanians make up to 67.40% of the county's population and Hungarians are the greatest and most important minority with 25.91%. The rest are Rromas (Gypsies) - 5.00%, Slovaks - 1.22% and Germans - 0.19%. Jump to: navigation, search The Roma people (pronounced rahma; singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), along with the closely related Sinti people, are commonly known as Gypsies in English. ...

Geography

In the East side of the County there are the Apuseni Mountains with heights up to 1800 m. The heights decrease westwards, passing through the hills an ending in the Romanian Western Plain - the eastern side of the Pannonian plain. The Apuseni Mountains is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Carpathians. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Pannonian plain is a large plain in central/south-eastern Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea (see below) dried out. ...

The county is mainly the Criş hydrographic basine with the rivers Crişul Repede, Crişul Negru and Barcău the main rivers. KÃ¶rÃ¶s (Romanian: CriÅŸ) is the name of a river in eastern Hungary. ... CriÅŸul Repede (Hungarian: Sebes-KÃ¶rÃ¶s) is a river in Bihor county, Transylvania, Romania. ... The CriÅŸul Negru (Hungarian: Fekete-KÃ¶rÃ¶s) is a river in western Romania (Transylvania) and south-eastern Hungary (BÃ©kÃ©s county). ... BarcÄƒu (- in Romanian; in Hungarian: BerettyÃ³) is a river which has its origin in Bihor county, Romania. ...

Economy

Bihor is one of the wealthiest counties in Romania, with a GDP per capita well above the national average. Recently, the economy has been driven by a number of construction projects. Bihor has the lowest unemployment rate in Romania and among the lowest in Europe, with only 1.9% unemployment, compared to Romania's average of 5.5%. In 2003, 25.1% of the population lived in poverty, a figure which is improving and is set to reach 20% in 2005. Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the west side of the county there are mines for extracting coal and bauxite. Also crude oil is being extracted Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ... Jump to: navigation, search Bauxite Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminium silicates, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petrus – rock and oleum – oil), mineral oil, or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths...

Tourism

Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: NagyvÃ¡rad, sometimes VÃ¡rad; German: GroÃŸwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania. ... The Apuseni Mountains is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Carpathians. ...

Administrative divisions

Municipalities

Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: NagyvÃ¡rad, sometimes VÃ¡rad; German: GroÃŸwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania. ... BeiuÅŸ (Hungarian: BelÃ©nyes) is a city in Bihor county, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. ... Marghita (Hungarian: Margitta) is a town in the Bihor county, Romania. ... Salonta (Hungarian: Nagyszalonta) is a city and municipality in Bihor county, Romania with a population of 18,137 (2002 census). ...

Towns

AleÅŸd (Hungarian: Ã‰lesd) is a town in Bihor county (Romania). ... SÄƒcueni (Hungarian: SzÃ©kelyhÃd) is a large commune in Bihor,Romania. ...

Communes

Avram Iancu a fairly large commune in Bihor county, formely known as Regina Maria(Queen Marie). ... RontÄƒu (Hungarian: RontÃ³) is a small village in Bihor county, Romania, located close to the city of Oradea, the capital of this county. ... Tileagd (Hungarian: Mezõtelegd) is a large commune located in Bihor county, western Romania. ... Nojorid (Hungarian: Nagyürögd) is a large commune located in Bihor county, western Romania. ... BÄƒile Felix (Hungarian: FÃ©lixfÃ¼rdÅ‘) is a thermal spa resort near the commune of SÃ¢nmartin in Bihor county, Transylvania, Romania. ... Bratca (Hungarian: BarÃ¡tka) is a large commune situated in Bihor county, western Romania. ... CÃ¢mp (Hungarian: VaskohmezÃµ) is a village situated in Bihor county, Romania. ... Ciuhoi (Hungarian: Berettyócsohaj) is a commune in the Bihor county of Romania. ... SpinuÅŸ (Hungarian: HagymÃ¡dfalva) is one of the smallest communes in Bihor county, Romania. ... Tarcea (Hungarian: Értarcsa) is a commune located in Bihor county, Romania. ...

Categories: Counties of Romania Administrative map of Romania As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows: A new administrative division was proposed, dividing the country into regions, but its implementation is uncertain since the county division is favoured by most Romanians. ... Large flag of Romania Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Alba (Hungarian: FehÃ©r) is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in Transylvania. ... Administrative map of Romania with Arad county highlighted Arad is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Crişana region, with the capital city at Arad (population: 185,272). ... Administrative map of Romania with ArgeÅŸ county highlighted ArgeÅŸ is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at PiteÅŸti (population: 187,558). ... Administrative map of Romania with BacÄƒu county highlighted BacÄƒu (Hungarian: BÃ¡kÃ³) is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at BacÄƒu. ... BistriÅ£a-NÄƒsÄƒud (Hungarian: Beszterce-NaszÃ³d) is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at BistriÅ£a (population: 87,169). ... Administrative map of Romania with BotoÅŸani county highlighted BotoÅŸani is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at BotoÅŸani (population: 128,888). ... BraÅŸov (Hungarian: BrassÃ³) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in Transylvania region, with the capital city at BraÅŸov (population: 315,843). ... Administrative map of Romania with BrÄƒila county highlighted BrÄƒila is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at BrÄƒila (population: 234,201). ... Administrative map of Romania with BuzÄƒu county highlighted BuzÄƒu is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at BuzÄƒu (population: 149,025). ... Map of Romania with CaraÅŸ-Severin highlighted CaraÅŸ-Severin is a county in southwestern Romania. ... Administrative map of Romania with CÄƒlÄƒraÅŸi county highlighted CÄƒlÄƒraÅŸi is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at CÄƒlÄƒraÅŸi (population: 77,819). ... Cluj (Hungarian: Kolozs, German: Klausen) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca (population: 333,607). ... ConstanÅ£a is a county (judeÅ£) in the South-East of Romania, the southern side of Dobrogea region, with the capital city at ConstanÅ£a (population: 310. ... Administrative map of Romania with Covasna county highlighted Covasna (Hungarian: Kovászna) is a county (Judeţ) in Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe/Sepsiszentgörgy (population: 67,108), known in Hungarian as Sepsiszentgyörgy. ... DÃ¢mboviÅ£a (also spelt DÃ®mboviÅ£a) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center-southern Romania, in the North of Wallachia region, with the capital city at TÃ¢rgoviÅŸte (population: 99,137). ... Administrative map of Romania with Dolj county highlighted Dolj is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Craiova (population: 314,437). ... Administrative map of Romania with GalaÅ£i county highlighted GalaÅ£i is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at GalaÅ£i (population: 332,154). ... Administrative map of Romania with Giurgiu county highlighted Giurgiu is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Giurgiu (population: 73,260). ... Administrative map of Romania with Gorj county highlighted Gorj is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Târgu Jiu (population: 98,897). ... Harghita (Hungarian: Hargita) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, Eastern Transylvania, with the capital city at Miercurea-Ciuc. ... Hunedoara (Hungarian: Hunyad) is a county (JudeÅ£) in Western Romania, in South-Western Transylvania, with the capital city at Deva (population: 77,259). ... Administrative map of Romania with IalomiÅ£a county highlighted IalomiÅ£a is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Slobozia (population: 56,913). ... Administrative map of Romania with IaÅŸi county highlighted IaÅŸi is a Romanian county (judeÅ£) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at IaÅŸi. ... Ilfov is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. ... Jump to: navigation, search MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: MÃ¡ramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ... Administrative map of Romania with MehedinÅ£i county highlighted MehedinÅ£i is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Oltenia region, with the capital city at Turnu Severin (population: 118,734). ... Administrative map of Romania with MureÅŸ county highlighted MureÅŸ (Hungarian: Maros) is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in Transylvania, with the capital city at TÃ¢rgu MureÅŸ, (population: 165,835). ... NeamÅ£ is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Piatra NeamÅ£ (population: 125,050). ... Administrative map of Romania with Olt county highlighted Olt is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Slatina (population: 87,608). ... Administrative map of Romania with Prahova county highlighted Prahova is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Ploieşti (population: 253,068). ... Administrative map of Romania with Satu Mare county highlighted Satu Mare (Hungarian: Szatmár) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Satu Mare (population: 130,573). ... SÄƒlaj (Hungarian: SzilÃ¡gy) is a county (JudeÅ£) in North-Western Romania, in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at ZalÄƒu (population: 71,580). ... Sibiu (Hungarian: Szeben) is a county (JudeÅ£) in the center of Romania, in Transylvania region, with the capital city Sibiu (population: 170,038). ... Administrative map of Romania with Suceava county highlighted Suceava is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at Suceava (population: 118,670). ... Administrative map of Romania with Teleorman county highlighted Teleorman is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Alexandria (population: 59,308). ... Administrative map of Romania with TimiÅŸ county highlighted Note: there is also a river called TimiÅŸ. TimiÅŸ is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in Banat, with the capital city at TimiÅŸoara (population: 305,977 - January 1st 2004). ... Administrative map of Romania with Tulcea county highlighted Tulcea is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Dobrogea region, with the capital city at Tulcea (population: 96,813). ... Administrative map of Romania with Vaslui county highlighted Vaslui is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at Vaslui (population: 79,658). ... Administrative map of Romania with VÃ¢lcea county highlighted VÃ¢lcea is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at RÃ¢mnicu VÃ¢lcea (population: 119,581). ... Administrative map of Romania with Vrancea county highlighted Vrancea <VRAHN-cha> is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Focşani (population: 99,527). ...

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