Bihor County
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| Development region: | Nord-Vest
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| Capital city:
| Oradea
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| Population: • As of 2002: • Population density: | 600,223 84/km² |- | Area: | 7,544 km² |- | Codes: • Car numbers • [[ISO 3166-2:RO]] | BH RO-BH
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| Telephone code:
| (+40) x59 (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 |} Bihor (IPA: [bi.'hor]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea.
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DemographicsIn 2002, Bihor had a population of 600,223 and the population density was 79.56/km². 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average.
GeographyThis county has a total area of 7,544 km². In the East side of the County there are the Apuseni Mountains with heights up to 1800 m. The heights decrease westwards, passing through the hills an ending in the Romanian Western Plain - the eastern side of the Pannonian plain. The county is mainly the Criş hydrographic basine with the rivers Crişul Repede, Crişul Negru and Barcău the main rivers. EconomyBihor is one of the wealthiest counties in Romania, with a GDP per capita well above the national average. Recently, the economy has been driven by a number of construction projects. Bihor has the lowest unemployment rate in Romania and among the lowest in Europe, with only 1.9% unemployment, compared to Romania's average of 5.5%. In 2003, 25.1% of the population lived below the national poverty line, a figure which is improving and is set to reach 20% in 2005. The predominant industries in the county are:
TourismThe main tourist attractions in the county are:
Administrative divisionsThe county has 4 municipalities, 6 towns and 90 communes.MunicipalitiesTownsCommunes
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