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Bihor County
Județul Bihor Bihar megye | |
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County | |
_-_pia%C5%A3a_Unirii.JPG) Oradea, capital of Bihor County | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bihor County in Romania | |
| Country |  Romania |
| Historic region | Crișana |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Oradea |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Ilie Bolojan (PNL) |
| • Prefect2 | Dumitru Țiplea |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,544 km2 (2,913 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 6th in Romania |
| Highest elevation | 1,849 m (6,066 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 89 m (292 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 551,297 |
| • Rank | 11th in Romania |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 41wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x594 |
| ISO 3166 code | RO-BH |
| Car Plates | BH5 |
| GDP | US$8.660 billion (2024) |
| GDP per Capita | US$14,446 (2024) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union[citation needed] 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a civil servant. 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 firing) from the civil service 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 utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county | |
Bihor County (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] , Hungarian: Bihar megye) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of 7,544 km2 (2,913 sq mi), Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea.