Alba County

Alba County
Județul Alba
County
Flag of Alba County
Coat of arms of Alba County
Location of Alba County in Romania
Location of Alba County in Romania
Country Romania
Development region1Centru
Historic regionTransylvania
County seatAlba Iulia
Government
 • TypeCounty Council
 • President of the County CouncilIon Dumitrel (PNL)
 • Prefect2Nicolae Albu
Area
 • Total
6,242 km2 (2,410 sq mi)
 • Rank16th in Romania
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
 • Total
325,941
 • Rank29th in Romania
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
51wxyz3
Area code+40 x584
Car PlatesAB5
GDPUS$ 2.940 billion (2015)
GDP per capitaUS$ 8,970 (2015)
WebsiteCounty Council
County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to draw funds from the European Union
2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He or she is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries corp
3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utilitary vehicles & ATVs, etc.) and the ones used outside the county

Alba County (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈalba]) is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536.[2]

  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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