Counties of Romania
As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:
A new administrative division was proposed, dividing the country into regions, but it is not expected to be implemented before 2005.
History
The administrative division in "judeţe" was created in the 19th century using the French departments system as an example. The communist party changed it to the Russian model (in rayons), but it was soon reverted to the current system in 1968. In 1981 the former counties of Ilfov and Ialomiţa were re-organised into the present-day counties of Giurgiu, Călăraşi, Ialomiţa and Ilfov. Until 1995 Ilfov was not a proper county, instead it was dependant of Bucharest.
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Referenced By
Country ROM | ISO 3166-1:RO | List of Romania-related topics | List of subnational entities | Olt County | Politics of Romania | Romania | Romania/Government | Roumania | Rumania
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