Hunedoara County
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| Development region: | Vest
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| Capital city:
| }Deva
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| Population: • As of 2002: • Population density: | 485,712 69/km² |- | Area: | 7,063 km² |- | Codes: • Car numbers • | HD RO-HD
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| Telephone code:
| (+40) x54 (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 |} Hunedoara (IPA: [hu.ne.'dwa.ra]) is a county (Judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva.
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DemographicsIn 2002, it had a population of 485,712 and the population density was 69/km².
GeographyThis county has a total area of 7,063 km².Mainly, the relief is made up of mountains, divided by the Mureş River valley which crosses the county from East to West. To the North side there are the Apuseni Mountains and to the South side there are mountains from the Southern Carpathians group, Parâng Mountains group and Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group: Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South-East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South-West). Except from Mureş River with its affluents Strei, Rau Mare and Cerna, which forms wide valleys, in the North side Crişul Alb river also forms a valley in the Apuseni Mountains - Zarand region. In the South side along the Jiu River with its two branches West Jiu and East Jiu, there is a large depression, and an accessible route towards Southern Romania - Oltenia. EconomyThe industry in the Hunedoara county is linked with the mining activity in the region. In the mountains, from ancient times, metals and coal have been exploited. Nowadays, there is one large industrial complex at Hunedoara owned by Mittal Steel . Also energy related enterprises are located in the county - one of the biggest thermoelectric plant is located at Mintia.The predominant industries in the county are:
TourismRetezat National Park and other picturesque regions makes it one of the most beautiful counties in Romania. Also there can be found Dacians and Romans complexes in the Orăştie MountainsThe main tourist attractions in the county are:
Administrative divisionsThe county has 7 municipalities, 7 towns and 55 communes.MunicipalitiesTownsCommunes
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