Călăraşi County
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Călărași County Județul Călărași |
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Landscape in Călărași County
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| Country |
 Romania
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| Development region1 | Sud | |
| Historic region | Muntenia | |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Călărași | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | County Board | |
| • President of the County Board | Răducu George Filipescu (National Liberal Party) | |
| • Prefect2 | Emil Musat | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,088 km2 (1,964 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 28th in Romania | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 285,050 | |
| • Rank | 34th in Romania | |
| • Density | 56.02/km2 (145.1/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal Code | 91wxyz3 | |
| Area code(s) | +40 x424 | |
| Car Plates | CL5 | |
| GDP | US$ 2.09 billion (2008) | |
| GDP/capita | US$ 6,446 (2008) | |
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County Board County Prefecture |
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1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed as a way of managing 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 having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) 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 |
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Călărași (Romanian pronunciation: [kələˈraʃʲ]) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași.
In 2011, it had a population of 285,050 and a population density of 56.02/km².
All the data, except Călărași, is as of 2002.
The other two towns of Călărași county (Lehliu Gară and Fundulea) have a population under 8,000 inhabitants.
This county has an area of 5,088 km².
The entire area lies in the southern part of the Bărăgan Plain and is crossed by small rivers with deep valleys. On its southern and eastern sides there is the valley of the Danube which, on the eastern side, splits into a number of branches, forming islands, now drained. On the western side, the rivers Argeș and Dâmbovița form a wide valley before flowing into the Danube.
Agriculture is the county's main industry, generating about 3% of the entire country's agricultural output.
The county's industries:
The main tourist destinantion:
The Călărași County Council, elected at the 2016 local government elections, is made up of 31 counselors, with the following party composition:
Călărași County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 50 communes
Coordinates: 47°15′N 28°20′E / 47.250°N 28.333°E
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