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Muntenia (or Greater Wallachia) is a historical province of Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, usually considered Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
-proper (Muntenia, Tara Romāneasca, and the seldom used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
). It is situated between the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
 (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 (both north), and the Olt River
Olt River

The Olt River is a river in Romania. It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its source is in the Hasmas Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the village Balan....
 to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia
Oltenia

Oltenia is a historical province and geographical region of Romania, in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Danube, the Southern Carpathians and the Olt River river ....
 (or Lesser Wallachia).






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Muntenia (or Greater Wallachia) is a historical province of Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, usually considered Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
-proper (Muntenia, Tara Romāneasca, and the seldom used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
). It is situated between the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
 (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 (both north), and the Olt River
Olt River

The Olt River is a river in Romania. It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its source is in the Hasmas Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the village Balan....
 to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia
Oltenia

Oltenia is a historical province and geographical region of Romania, in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Danube, the Southern Carpathians and the Olt River river ....
 (or Lesser Wallachia). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret
Siret River

The Siret or Sireth River is a river that rises from the Carpathian Mountains in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins the Danube....
.

Geography

Muntenia
Muntenia includes completely the 10 counties
Counties of Romania

List of countiesSee also: List of Romanian Counties by PopulationThe judete are administrative units of Romania.As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:...
:
  • Braila
    Braila County

    Braila is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Braila....
  • Buzau
    Buzau County

    Buzau is a county of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzau....
  • Calarasi
    Calarasi County

    Calarasi is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Calarasi....
  • Arges
    Arges County

    Arges is a county of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Pitesti....
  • Dāmbovita
    Dāmbovita County

    D?mbovita is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at T?rgoviste....
  • Giurgiu
    Giurgiu County

    Giurgiu is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu....
  • Ialomita
    Ialomita County

    Ialomita is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Slobozia....
  • Ilfov
    Ilfov County

    Ilfov is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest....
  • Prahova
    Prahova County

    Prahova is a county of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiesti....
  • Teleorman
    Teleorman County

    Teleorman is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria, Romania.The name Teleorman is of Cumans origin....


and parts of the counties:
  • Vrancea
    Vrancea

    Vrancea may refer to:* Vrancea County, Romania* Vrancea Mountains, Romania...
     (southern part)
  • Vālcea (eastern part)
  • Olt
    Olt County

    Olt is a county of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania of Oltenia and Muntenia . The capital city is Slatina, Romania....
     (eastern part)


Romania's capital city, Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
, is situated in Muntenia. Other important cities are:
  • Braila
    Braila

    Braila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of the Braila County, in the close vicinity of Galati. In 2002, according to the official Romanian census, the city had a population of 216,292 people in 2002, making it Romania's 10th largest city....
  • Buzau
    Buzau

    The city of Buzau is the county seat of Buzau County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzau River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Baragan Plain....
  • Pitesti
    Pitesti

    Pitesti is a city in Romania, located on the Arges River. The capital and largest city of Arges County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities....
  • Ploiesti
    Ploiesti

    Ploiesti is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia, Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....
  • Tārgoviste
    Tārgoviste

    T?rgoviste is a city in the D?mbovita County county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomita River. , it has an estimated population of 89,000....