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 to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries corp
³w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or eaven 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 utilitary vehicles & ATVs, etc.) and the ones used outside the county

Județul Alba

County (Județ)

Coat of arms

Country

Romania

Historic region

Transylvania

Capital city (Reședință de județ)

Alba-Iulia

Established

1925

Ceased to exist

Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938

Area

• Total

2,433 km² (939 sq mi)

Population (1930)

• Total

213,795

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Alba (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈalba]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, its capital city being Alba-Iulia with a population of 63,536.

"Alba" means "white" in Latin and is derived from the name of the city Alba Iulia. In Hungarian, it is known as Fehér megye, and in German as Kreis Karlsburg.

In October 31, 2011, it had a population of 327,224 and the population density was 52/km².

This county has a total area of 6,242 km², with mountains occupying about 59% of its surface.

In the northwestern part there are the Apuseni Mountains, in the southern part there is the northeastern side of the Parâng group - Șureanu and Cindrel Mountains. In the east there is the Transylvanian Plateau with deep but wide valleys. The three main elements are separated by the Mureș River valley.

The main rivers are the Mureș River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeș and the Arieș.

The predominant industries in the county are:

The mineral resources exploited in Alba county are metals (gold, silver, copper), salt and construction materials: marble, granite, etc.

Mining began 2000 years ago on Mt. Kirnik, with well-preserved Roman galleries. A Canadian company attempted an open-pit mine, but abandoned the project around 2007. Roșia Montană is a famous locality among mineral collectors for fine native gold specimens.

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