Județ

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A județ (pronounced [ʒuˈdets], plural județe [ʒuˈdetse]) is an administrative division in Romania, and was also used from 1940 to 1947 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1998 to 2003 in Moldova.

There are 41 județe in Romania, divided into municipii (municipalities), orașe (cities) and comune (communes). Each județ has a county seat (reședință de județ) which serves as its administrative capital; this designation usually belongs to the largest and most developed city in the respective county. The central government is represented by one prefect in every județ.

The capital, Bucharest, is not a județ, but a special municipality with identical functions, which also acts as the county seat of Ilfov.

Etymology

In the

• Counties of Romania
• Counties of Moldova

External links

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• Lungu, Marius (2006). Statele lumii, Antologie (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Steaua Nordului.
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• Malița, Mircea (1976). Statele lumii (in Romanian). Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Științifică și pedagogică.
  OCLC 251990545
  . Unknown ID 61813121918.