Counties of Romania Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:
| Name | Common Abbrev | Capital |
| Alba | AB | Alba Iulia |
| Arad | AR | Arad |
| Argeş | AG | Piteşti; |
| Bacău; | BC | Bacău; |
| Bihor | BH | Oradea |
| Bistriţa-Năsăud; | BN | Bistriţa; |
| Botoşani; | BT | Botoşani; |
| Braşov; | BV | Braşov; |
| Brăila; | BR | Brăila; |
| Buzău; | BZ | Buzău; |
| Caraş-Severin; | CS | Reşiţa; |
| Călăraşi; | CL | Călăraşi; |
| Cluj | CJ | Cluj-Napoca |
| Constanţa; | CT | Constanţa; |
| Covasna | CV | Sfântu Gheorghe; |
| Dāmboviţa; | DB | Târgovişte; |
| Dolj | DJ | Craiova |
| Galaţi; | GL | Galaţi; |
| Gorj | GJ | Târgu Jiu; |
| Giurgiu | GR | Giurgiu |
| Harghita | HR | Miercurea Ciuc |
| Hunedoara | HD | Deva |
| Ialomiţa; | IL | Slobozia |
| Iaşi; | IS | Iaşi; |
| Ilfov | IF | Buftea |
| Maramureş | MM | Baia Mare |
| Mehedinţi; | MH | Drobeta-Turnu Severin |
| Mureş | MS | Târgu Mureş |
| Neamţ | NT | Piatra Neamţ |
| Olt | OT | Slatina |
| Prahova | PH | Ploieşti; |
| Satu Mare | SM | Satu Mare |
| Sălaj; | SJ | Zalău; |
| Sibiu | SB | Sibiu |
| Suceava | SV | Suceava |
| Teleorman | TR | Alexandria |
| Timiş | TM | Timişoara; |
| Tulcea | TL | Tulcea |
| Vaslui | VS | Vaslui |
| Vâlcea; | VL | Râmnicu Vālcea; |
| Vrancea | VN | Focşani; |
| Bucureşti; (Bucharest municipality) | B |
A new administrative division was proposed, dividing the country into regions, but it is not expected to be implemented before 2005.
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 a dependency of Bucharest.
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