Giurgiu County
Giurgiu is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in the Walachia region, with the county seat Giurgiu. Its common abbreviation and the license plate number are GR.
The Giurgiu County is bordered on the north by the Dâmboviţa county, on the east by the counties of Ilfov and Calarasi on the south by Bulgaria and to the west by the county Teleorman.
Demography
2011 had the Giurgiu County 281 422 inhabitants, thus a population density of 80 inhabitants per km ².
Geography
The county has a total area of 3526 km ², equivalent to 1.48 % of the area of Romania. Located in the south of Romania, Giurgiu County is located in the Wallachian Plain in the south of the historic region of the Great Wallachia. In the south of the county borders on a length of 72 kilometers of the Danube. The river Arges and its right tributary Neajlov - two of the major rivers of the district - traverse from the northwest to the southeast, the territory of the district Giurgiu. On the territory of the municipality of Comana Neajlov forms the lake Comana, one of the largest lakes of the circle.
Cities and Towns
The Giurgiu County consists of 170 official settlements. Of these, three city status, 51 the a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.