Hunedoara county
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Hunedoara County Județul Hunedoara |
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| Coordinates: 45°47′N 22°56′E / 45.78°N 22.93°ECoordinates: 45°47′N 22°56′E / 45.78°N 22.93°E | ||
| Country | Romania | |
| Development region | Vest | |
| Historical region | Transylvania | |
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| • Total | 7,063 km2 (2,727 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 9th | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 396,253 | |
| • Rank | 20th | |
| Telephone code | (+40) 254 or (+40) 354 | |
| ISO 3166 code | RO-HD | |
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Hunedoara (Romanian pronunciation: [huneˈdo̯ara]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.
In Hungarian, it is known as Hunyad megye, in German as Kreis Hunedoara, and in Slovak as Hunedoara.
In 2011, the county had a population of 396,253 and the population density was 56.1/km².
Hunedoara's Jiu River Valley is traditionally a coal-mining region, and its high level of industrialisation drew many people from other regions of Romania in the period before the fall of the communist regime.
This county has a total area of 7,063 km².
Mainly, the relief is made up of mountains, divided by the Mureș River valley which crosses the county from East to West. To the North side there are the Apuseni Mountains and to the South side there are mountains from the Southern Carpathians group, Parâng Mountains group and Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group: Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South-East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South-West).
Except from the Mureș River with its tributaries Strei, Râul Mare and Cerna which forms wide valleys, in the North side Crișul Alb River also forms a valley in the Apuseni Mountains - Zarand region. In the South side along the Jiu River with its two branches Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est, there is a large depression, and an accessible route towards Southern Romania - Oltenia..
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