Bacău County

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Development region:	Nord-Est |- | Capital city: | Bacău |- | Population:  • As of 2002:  • Population density: | 706,623 113/km² |- | Area: | 6,621 km² |- | Codes:  • Car numbers  • | BC RO-BC |- | Telephone code: | (+40) x34 (1) |- | 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 |} Bacău (IPA: [ba.'kəu]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Moldova, with its capital city at Bacău. Contents 1 Neighbors 2 Demographics 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 People 7 Administrative divisions 7.1 Municipalities 7.2 Towns 8 Politics 9 References 10 Historical Links Neighbors Vaslui County in the East. Harghita County and Covasna County in the West. Neamţ County in the North. Vrancea County in the South. Demographics In 2002, it had a population of 706,623 and the population density was 113/km². Romanians - over 90%. Hungarians Csángós - 0.7%; Romas. According to the 2002 census the Csángó (Romanian: Ceangăi) Hungarians number 5,100 people (0.7%). Some estimates put the total number of people of Csángós at around 70,000[#endnote_Hungarians]. [official statistics] Geography This county has a total area of 6,621 km². The West side of the county are mountains from the Eastern Carpathian group. Here, along the valleys of the Oituz River and Trotuş River there are two important links between Moldavia and Transylvania. To the East side, the heights decrease and the lowest point can be found on the Siret River valley which crosses the county from North to South in the middle. On the East side there is the Moldavian Plateau crossed by many small rivers. Economy The county of Bacău was one of the most industrialized regions in the communist period and it remained Moldova's most important industrial center ever since. There are two large oil refineries at Oneşti and Dărmăneşti. Following the collapse of the communist regime, Bacău continued to be the region's most important GDP supplier, but the county became more famous for the controversial figures involved in local economy than for its performance. The predominant industries in the county are: The chemical and oil industry. Food industry. Construction materials industry. Wood and paper industry. Textile industry. Mechanical components industry. Aeronautics industry. In Bacău county there are important reserves of oil and salt. Also coal is exploited. Tourism The main tourist destinations in the county are: The cities of Bacău and Oneşti. The resorts: * Slănic Moldova * Poiana Sărată * Târgu Ocna * Poiana Uzului The Nemira Mountains. People Tristan Tzara Nadia Comaneci Vasile Alecsandri George Bacovia Administrative divisions The county has 3 municipalities, 5 towns and 80 communes. Municipalities Bacău Oneşti Moineşti Towns Comăneşti Buhuşi Dărmăneşti Târgu Ocna Slănic Moldova Politics Bacău became famous after electing Ilie Ilaşcu of the Greater Romania Party as their Senator, while he was held in prison in Transnistria. Counties of Romania Alba | Arad | Argeş | Bacău | Bihor | Bistriţa-Năsăud | Botoşani | Braşov | Brăila | Buzău | Caraş-Severin | Călăraşi | Cluj | Constanţa | Covasna | Dâmboviţa | Dolj | Galaţi | Giurgiu | Gorj | Harghita | Hunedoara | Ialomiţa | Iaşi | Ilfov | Maramureş | Mehedinţi | Mureş | Neamţ | Olt | Prahova | Satu Mare | Sălaj | Sibiu | Suceava | Teleorman | Timiş | Tulcea | Vaslui | Vâlcea | Vrancea References ↑  1987 estimate published in: Tennant, Chris (transl.) (1994) The Hungarian minority’s situation in Ceauşescu's Romania. Boulder: Social Science Monographs. p. 33. Historical Links [The Princely Court of Stefan's son, Alexander, in Bacău] - images, layouts (at the [Romanian Group for an Alternative History Website])   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: