Buzău County
Buzău [ buzəu̯ ] is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in the Walachia region, with the county seat of Buzău. The license plate number and the common abbreviation for the circle is BZ.
The circle Buzău bordered on the north and northeast by the Vrancea County, on the east by the county Braila, on the south by the county Ialomiţa the west by the Prahova County and to the northwest by the circles Brasov and Covasna.
Demography
In 2002, the county 494 982 inhabitants and a population density of 81 inhabitants per km ².
2011 had the Buzău county 451 069 inhabitants thus a population density of 74 inhabitants per km ².
Geography
The county has a total area of 6103 km ², representing 2.6 % of the area of Romania. The landscape rises from the southeast of the circle - the Wallachian Plain ( Câmpia Română) - on the moorland and hills with orchards and vineyards to the north- west to the Bozauer Mountains ( Munţii Buzăului ). Main river is the Buzău with its largest tributaries Panatau, Slănic and Calnau.
Cities and Towns
The circle consists of Buzău officially 488 villages. Of these, five city status, 85 the a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.