General info
Geographical situation
It is located in the north-western part of Romania, on the courses of the Crişul Repede and Crişul Negru rivers, bordered in the east by the Western Carpathians, and in the west by the Western Plain.
Neighbours
In the east: Cluj, Alba and Sălaj Counties, in the north: Satu Mare County, in the south: Arad County, in the west: Hungary.
Surface
7,544 square km (respectively 3,2% of the country’s territory).
Population
633,629 inhabitants.
Towns
Oradea, capital of the county, with 225,000 inhabitants, important cultural, economic and trade centre for the entire Europe. Other trowns: Aleşd, Beiuş, Marghita, Nucet, Salonta, Ştei, Valea lui Mihai, Vaşc.. citeste mai mult
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