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Cluj County

Image:Stema Cluj.png

Facts

Development region: Nord-Vest

Historic region: Transylvania

Capital city: Cluj-Napoca

Population:
• As of 2002:
• Population density: 702,755
105/km²

Area: 6,674 km²

Codes:
• Car numbers
• ISO 3166-2:RO CJ
RO-CJ

Telephone code: (+40) x64 ⁽¹⁾

Web: County Council
Prefecture

1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3

Cluj (IPA: [kluʒ], Hungarian: Kolozs); is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca.

1 Neighbours
2 Demographics
3 Geography
4 Economy
5 Tourism
- 5.1 Education
6 Administrative divisions
7 References

[edit] Neighbours

Bihor County to the West.
Mureş County and Bistriţa-Năsăud County to the East.
Sălaj County and Maramureş County to the North.
Alba County to the South.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 702,755 and a population density of 105/km².

Romanians - 79.4%<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"</ref>
Hungarians - 17.4%
Roma - 2.8%

Year	County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"</ref>
1948	520,073
1956	580,344
1966	629,746
1977	715,507
1992	736,301
2002	702,755

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 6,674 km². About 1/3 of this surface are mountains -- the Apuseni Mountains, with heights up to 1800 m and located in the Southwest part of the county. The rest of the surface is the North side of the Transylvanian Plateau, a hilly region with deep and wide valleys.

The main rivers in the county are Someşul Mic, Arieş, and Crişul Repede.

[edit] Economy

Cluj County has one of the most dynamic economies in Romania. It is a region with one of the highest ratings of foreign investments. In addition, Cluj-Napoca is home to one of Romania's important IT and financial services centers.

County's main industries are:

Mechanical components;
Wood processing;
Glass manufacturing;
Pharmaceutics and cosmetics;
Food stuffs processing;
Textiles.

Mining and natural gas extraction are also developed.

[edit] Tourism

The main tourist destinations in the county are:

The city of Cluj-Napoca.
The Apuseni Mountains especially the caves Peştera Mare, Peştera Piatra Ponorului, Peştera Vârfurosu.
The historical centers of Turda, Dej, Gherla, Ciucea.

[edit] Education

Babes-Bolyai University http://www.ubbcluj.ro/ Technical University http://www.utcluj.ro University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" http://www.umfcluj.ro/

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 5 municipalities, one town and 75 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Towns

Huedin

[edit] Communes

[edit] Villages

[edit] References

	Counties of Romania
Alba \| Arad \| Argeş \| Bacău \| Bihor \| Bistriţa-Năsăud \| Botoşani \| Braşov \| Brăila \| Buzău \| Caraş-Severin \| Călăraşi \| Cluj \| Constanţa \| Covasna \| Dâmboviţa \| Dolj \| Galaţi \| Giurgiu \| Gorj \| Harghita \| Hunedoara \| Ialomiţa \| Iaşi \| Ilfov \| Maramureş \| Mehedinţi \| Mureş \| Neamţ \| Olt \| Prahova \| Satu Mare \| Sălaj \| Sibiu \| Suceava \| Teleorman \| Timiş \| Tulcea \| Vaslui \| Vâlcea \| Vrancea