Harghita County
Harghita County (Romanian: Județul Harghita, Romanian pronunciation: [harˈɡita] ⓘ and Hungarian: Hargita megye, pronounced [ˈhɒrɡitɒ]) is a county (județ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc.
Harghita County
Județul Harghita Hargita megye | |
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Landscape around Lake Sfânta Ana, southern Harghita County | |
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Coat of arms | |
Harghita county, territorial location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Centru |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Miercurea Ciuc |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Board |
| • President of the County Board | Csaba Borboly (RMDSZ) |
| • Prefect2 | Ion Proca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,639 km2 (2,563 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 13th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
| • Total | 291,950 |
| • Rank | 33rd in Romania |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 53wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x664 |
| Car Plates | HR5 |
| GDP | US$1.840 billion (2015) |
| GDP per capita | US$6,033 (2015) |
| Website | County Board County Prefecture |
| 1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just to attract funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. The Prefect is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps 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 | |
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