¹The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just 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 forbidden from 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

Județul Constanța

County (Județ)

Coat of arms

Country

Romania

Historic region

Dobruja

Capital city (Reședință de județ)

Constanța

Established

1879

Ceased to exist

Administrative reform of 1950

Area

• Total

6,916 km² (2,670 sq mi)

Population (1930)

• Total

249,914

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Constanța (Romanian pronunciation: [konˈstant͡sa]) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța.

In 2011, it had a population of 684,082 and the population density was 96/km². The degree of urbanization is much higher (about 75%) than the Romanian average. In recent years the population trend is:

The majority of the population are Romanians. There are important communities of Turks and Tatars, remnants of the time of Ottoman rule. Currently the region is the centre of the Muslim minority in Romania. A great number of Aromanians have migrated to Dobruja in the last century, and they consider themselves a cultural minority rather than an ethnic minority. There are also Romani.

The predominant industries in the county are:

Agriculture is an important part in the county's economy, with Constanța being the county with the largest irrigation systems in the country (more than 4,300 km² before 1989, now greatly reduced), cereals being the most important products. Also, the county is famous for its wines from the Murfatlar region.

At Cernavodă there is a nuclear power plant with two reactors, each of the CANDU type of Canadian design. The plant covers over 15% of the country's power demand.

The Port of Constanța is the largest port in Romania and one of the most important on the Black Sea. It is linked with the Danube by the Danube-Black Sea Canal – the widest and deepest navigable channel in Europe, although it is not used to its full potential.

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