Brăila County
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| Development region: | Sud-Est
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| Capital city:
| Brăila
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| Population: • As of 2002: • Population density: | 373,174 78/km² |- | Area: | 4,766 km² |- | Codes: • Car numbers • | BR RO-BR
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| Telephone code:
| (+40) x39 (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 |} Brăila (IPA: [brə.'i.la]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila.
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DemographicsIn 2002, it had a population of 373,174 and the population density was 78/km².
GeographyThis county has a total area of 4,766 km².Al the county lies on a flat plane: the Bărăgan Plain, one of the best areas for growing cereals in Romania. On the east side there is the Danube, which forms an island - The Great Brăila Island surrounded by the Măcin channel, Cremenea channel and Vâlciu channel. On the northern side there is the Siret River and on the north-western side there is the Buzău River. EconomyThe agriculture is the main occupation in the county. Industry is almoast entirely concentrated in the city of Brăila.The predominant industries in the county are:
TourismThe main turistical destinantions are:
Administrative divisionsThe county has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 40 communes.MunicipalityTowns
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