Argeş County
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| Development region: | Sud
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| Capital city:
| Piteşti
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| Population: • As of 2002: • Population density: | 652,625 95/km² |- | Area: | 6,862 km² |- | Codes: • Car numbers • | AG RO-AG
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| Telephone code:
| (+40) x48 (1)
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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 |} Argeş (IPA: ['ar.ʤeʃ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Piteşti.
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DemographicsIn 2002, it had a population of 652,625 and the population density was 95/km².
GeographyThis county has a total area of 6,862 km². The relief can be split into 3 distinctive parts. In the north side there are the mountains, from the Southern Carpathians group - the Făgăraş Mountains with heights over 2400 m, and in the North-East part the Leaotă Mountains. Between them there is a pass towards Braşov the Rucăr-Bran pass. The heights decrease, and in the center there are the sub-carpathian hills, with heights around 800 m, crossed with very deep valleys. In the south there is the northern part of the Romanian Plain. The main river that croses the county is the Argeş River in which almost all the other rivers coming from the mountains flow. In the south the main rivers are the Vedea River and the Teleorman River. EconomyThe county is one of the most industrialised counties in Romania. There is one oil refinery and two automobile plants at Mioveni - the Dacia Renault car plant, and at Câmpulung the Aro plant.The predominant industries in the county are:
The hill side is well suited for wines and fruit orchards and the south is suited for cereal crops. TourismThe main tourist destinations are:
Administrative divisionsThe county has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 95 communes.MunicipalitiesTowns
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