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Counties of Romania
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ee also: List of Romanian Counties by Population
The judete (translated in English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania.
As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:
History The earliest organization into "judete" was in the 15th century and each judet was ruled by a "jude", a person who had administrative and judicial functions.

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See also: List of Romanian Counties by Population
The judete (translated in English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania.
As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:
| Name | Common Abbrev | Capital | Area (km2) |
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| Alba | AB | Alba Iulia | 6,242 | | Arad | AR | Arad | 7,754 | | Arges | AG | Pitesti | 6,862 | | Bacau | BC | Bacau | 6,621 | | Bihor | BH | Oradea | 7,544 | | Bistrita-Nasaud | BN | Bistrita | 5,355 | | Botosani | BT | Botosani | 4,986 | | Brasov | BV | Brasov | 5,363 | | Braila | BR | Braila | 4,766 | | Buzau | BZ | Buzau | 6,103 | | Caras-Severin | CS | Resita | 8,514 | | Calarasi | CL | Calarasi | 5,088 | | Cluj | CJ | Cluj-Napoca | 6,674 | | Constanta | CT | Constanta | 7,071 | | Covasna | CV | Sfântu Gheorghe | 3,710 | | Dâmbovita | DB | Târgoviste | 4,054 | | Dolj | DJ | Craiova | 7,414 | | Galati | GL | Galati | 4,466 | | Giurgiu | GR | Giurgiu | 3,526 | | Gorj | GJ | Târgu Jiu | 5,602 | | Harghita | HR | Miercurea Ciuc | 6,639 | | Hunedoara | HD | Deva | 7,063 | | Ialomita | IL | Slobozia | 4,453 | | Iasi | IS | Iasi | 5,476 | | Ilfov | IF | Buftea | 1,583 | | Maramures | MM | Baia Mare | 6,304 | | Mehedinti | MH | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 4,933 | | Mures | MS | Târgu Mures | 6,714 | | Neamt | NT | Piatra Neamt | 5,896 | | Olt | OT | Slatina | 5,498 | | Prahova | PH | Ploiesti | 4,716 | | Satu Mare | SM | Satu Mare | 4,418 | | Salaj | SJ | Zalau | 3,864 | | Sibiu | SB | Sibiu | 5,432 | | Suceava | SV | Suceava | 8,553 | | Teleorman | TR | Alexandria | 5,790 | | Timis | TM | Timisoara | 8,697 | | Tulcea | TL | Tulcea | 8,499 | | Vaslui | VS | Vaslui | 5,318 | | Vâlcea | VL | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 5,765 | | Vrancea | VN | Focsani | 4,857 | | Bucuresti | B | (Bucharest municipality) | 228 |
History The earliest organization into "judete" was in the 15th century and each judet was ruled by a "jude", a person who had administrative and judicial functions. The modern administrative division into "judete" was done during the 19th century using the French departments system as an example: for each judet there exists a "prefect", who is the representative of the government to the county and the head of the local administration. Until 1948 each "judet" was divided into a number of "plasi" (singular "plasa"), with each administered by a "pretor" (from the Latin "praetor"), named by the "prefect".
In 1938, King Carol II modified the Constitution, and after that the law of administration of the Romanian territory. It resulted ten "tinuturi" (approx. translation: "lands"), ruled by "Rezidenti Regali" (approx. translation "Royal Residents"), appointed directly by the King. Due to World War II, the Second Vienna Award, the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the loss of territory that Romania suffered, this style of administration did not last long, the "judete" being reintroduced, until the rise of communism, in 1948.
The Communist party changed it to the Russian model (in raions), but it reverted to the current system (in 1968). In 1981 the former counties of Ilfov and Ialomita were re-organised into the present-day counties of Giurgiu, Calarasi, Ialomita and Ilfov. Until 1995 Ilfov was not a proper county, but instead a dependency of Bucharest ("Sectorul Agricol Ilfov").
Historical counties
Merged or renamed Originally (1927-1938) there were 71 judete
Lost during World War II
To Bulgaria
To Ukraine
To Moldova
In Transnistria occupied during World War II
Nowadays, they are divided between the Republic of Moldova (in Transnistria) and Ukraine.
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