NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gorj County

Gorj is a county (judeţ) in the South-West of Romania, in the West of Walachia, the western part of Oltenia, with the capital city at Târgu Jiu (population: over 100,000 in 2004). Romanian map with highlighted county Made by me File links The following pages link to this file: Gorj Categories: GFDL images | NowCommons | Romania county maps ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... TÃ¢rgu Jiu (also spelt TÃ®rgu Jiu) is a town in the Gorj county, Oltenia, Romania. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A judeÅ£ is an administrative division in Romania and was also used for some time in Moldova. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Map of Romania with Oltenia highlighted Oltenia or Lesser Wallachia is a historical province of Romania. ... TÃ¢rgu Jiu (also spelt TÃ®rgu Jiu) is a town in the Gorj county, Oltenia, Romania. ...

Neighbours

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 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). ... Map of Romania with CaraÅŸ-Severin highlighted CaraÅŸ-Severin is a county in southwestern Romania. ... 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 Dolj county highlighted Dolj is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Craiova (population: 314,437). ...

Demographics

In 2000, it had a population of 397,668 and the population density was 71/km². This article is about the year 2000. ...

Over 98% of the population are Romanians, with the biggest minority being the Rromas (Gypsies). Roma people in Transylvania, 19th century The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English. ...

Geography

The North side of the county consists of various mountains from the Southern Carpathians group. In the West there are the Vulcanului Mountains, and in the East there are the Parâng Mountains and the Negoveanu Mountains. The two groups are splited by the Jiu River. Southern Carpathians (also called Transylvanian Alps; in Romanian: Carpaţii Meridionali) are located between the Prahova river in the east and the Timiş river and Cerna river in the west. ... This article is about the Romanian river Jiu. ...

To the South, the heights decrease through the hills to a high plain at the Western end of the Romanian Plain. The Romanian Plain (also: Wallachian Plain; Romanian: CÃ¢mpia RomÃ¢nÄƒ) is located in Romania, bordered by the Danube in the east, south and west and by the Getic Plateau in the north. ...

The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River. This article is about the Romanian river Jiu. ...

Economy

In the North of the county coal is extracted, near Motru and Rovinari. There are two big thermo electrical power plants atRovinari and Turceni, and some hidro-electrical power plants. The county is the biggest electricity producer in Romania with 36% af the country's electricity. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ... Motru is a small town in Romania, Gorj county, with the population under 20. ...

Due to the decrease in the mining activity the county has one of the greatest unemployement levels in the country.

Tourism

TÃ¢rgu Jiu (also spelt TÃ®rgu Jiu) is a town in the Gorj county, Oltenia, Romania. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Administrative divisions

Municipalities

TÃ¢rgu Jiu (also spelt TÃ®rgu Jiu) is a town in the Gorj county, Oltenia, Romania. ... Motru is a small town in Romania, Gorj county, with the population under 20. ...

Towns

BumbeÅŸti-Jiu is a town in Gorj county, Muntenia, Romania. ... Novaci is a town in Gorj county, Oltenia, Romania, situated at the foothills of the Parâng mountains, on the river Gilort. ...

Category: 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. ... ... 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. ... 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