Giurgiu County

Giurgiu County

Județul Giurgiu
Giurgiu County Județul Giurgiu
County
	Entering Giurgiu County across the Friendship Bridge from Bulgaria
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 44°10′N 25°54′E / 44.16°N 25.9°E
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Giurgiu
Created	1981
Government
• Type	County Council
• President of the County Council	Dumitru Beianu (PNL)
• Prefect2	Florentina Stănculescu
Area
• Total	3,526 km2 (1,361 sq mi)
• Rank	40th in Romania
Population (2021-12-01)
• Total	262,066
• Rank	38th in Romania
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	08wxyz3
Area code	+40 x464
Car Plates	GR5
GDP	US$1.657 billion (2015)
GDP/capita	US$6,242 (2015)
Website	County Council; County Prefecture
	1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union; 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps; 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address; 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks; 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Giurgiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒjurdʒju] ^ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu.

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

[1] "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

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Giurgiu County Județul Giurgiu
County
Entering Giurgiu County across the Friendship Bridge from Bulgaria
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 44°10′N 25°54′E / 44.16°N 25.9°E / 44.16; 25.9
Country	Romania
Development region¹	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Giurgiu
Created	1981
Government
• Type	County Council
• President of the County Council	Dumitru Beianu [ro] (PNL)
• Prefect²	Florentina Stănculescu [ro]
Area
• Total	3,526 km² (1,361 sq mi)
• Rank	40th in Romania
Population (2021-12-01)^[1]
• Total	262,066
• Rank	38th in Romania
• Density	74/km² (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	08wxyz³
Area code	+40 x46⁴
Car Plates	GR⁵
GDP	US$1.657 billion (2015)
GDP/capita	US$6,242 (2015)
Website	County Council County Prefecture
¹The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union ² as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps ³w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address ⁴x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks ⁵used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county