Gorj County
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| Development region: | Sud-Vest
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| Capital city:
| Târgu Jiu
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| Population: • As of 2002: • Population density: | 387,308 69/km² |- | Area: | 5,602 km² |- | Codes: • Car numbers • | GJ RO-GJ
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| Telephone code:
| (+40) x53 (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 |} Gorj (IPA: [gorʒ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Târgu Jiu.
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DemographicsIn 2002, it had a population of 387,308 and the population density was 69/km².[official statistics] GeographyThis county has a total area of 5,602 km².The North side of the county consists of various mountains from the Southern Carpathians group. In the West there are the Vulcanului Mountains, and in the East there are the Parâng Mountains and the Negoveanu Mountains. The two groups are splited by the Jiu River. To the South, the heights decrease through the hills to a high plain at the Western end of the Romanian Plain. The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River. EconomyThe predominant industries in the county are:
Due to the decrease in mining activity the county has one of the greatest unemployement levels in the country. TourismThe main turistical destinations are:
Administrative divisionsThe county has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 62 communes.MunicipalitiesTowns
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