Teleorman County

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Location of Teleorman County in Romania
Map of Teleorman
Teleorman county coat of arms
Coat of arms of the Teleorman district, at the time of real socialism
Coat of arms of Teleorman County, in the interwar period

Teleorman is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Wallachia region with the district capital Alexandria . The license plate number and the common abbreviation for the circle are TR.

The Teleorman County borders in the north to the counties Arges and Dambovita , in the east to the Giurgiu County , in the south of Bulgaria and in the west of the Olt County .

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 436,025 inhabitants and a population density of 74 inhabitants per km².

In 2011, the Teleorman county registered 380,123 inhabitants and thus had a population density of 65 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​5872 km², which corresponds to 2.46% of the area of ​​Romania.

Located in the south of Romania in the Great Wallachia , the river Olt (Alt) flows into the Danube in the south of the district , which separates the district from Bulgaria over a length of about 90 kilometers. Larger rivers that flow through the district are the Vedea (120 km), the Călmățui (118 km) and the Teleorman River . The region's climate is dry and continental. The soil is rich in nutrients and mostly consists of loess-rich black earth ; for this reason, agriculture plays an important role here.

cities and communes

Status of the localities

Teleorman County officially consists of 236 localities. Five of these have city status , 92 that of municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Alexandria 45,434
Roșiorii de Vede 27,416
Turnu Măgurele ( German Grand Nicholas ) 24,772
Zimnicea 14,058
Videle 11,508
Orbeasca 07,625
Peretu 06.329
Plosca 05,900
Botoroaga 05,899
Islaz 05,339
Dobroteşti 04,605
Țigăneşti 04,508
Poroschia 04.166
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Teleorman County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de