Arad County
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| Population: • As of 2002: • Population density: | 461,791 60/km² |- | Area: | 7,754 km² |- | Codes: • Car numbers • [[ISO 3166-2:RO]] | AR RO-AR
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| Telephone code:
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| Web: | [County Council] [Prefecture] |- bgcolor="#BBDEFD" ! colspan="2" align="left" | 1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3 |} Arad (IPA: [a.'rad]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana, with the capital city at Arad (population: 185,272).
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DemographicsIn 2002, it had a population of 461,791 and the population density was 60/km².Romanians are the majority of the county's population. The ethnic minorities are the Hungarians, Ethnic Germans and Rromas. GeographyThis county has a total area of 7,754 km².In the east there are the Zarand Mountains from the Apuseni Mountains group. In the west the heights decrease towards the Western Romania Plain. The county is crossed in the south side by the Mureş River and in the north side by the Crişul Alb River. EconomyAlong with Timiş County forms one of the most developed regions in Romania. Due to its proximity to the border, it attracts a great number of foreign investments.The predominant industries in the county are:
TourismThe main touristic destinations are:Administrative divisionsThe county has 1 municipalities, 9 towns and 68 communes.MunicipalitiesTownsCommunesExternal links
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