Sud-Vest Oltenia (English South-West Oltenia) is a development region in Romania. Like other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers; its main function is to coordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union.
Sud-Vest Oltenia | |
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Region | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| Development Agency HQ | Craiova |
| Largest city | Craiova |
| Area | |
• Total | 29,212 km2 (11,279 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Population (2021 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,873,607 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Romanians | 97.2% |
| • Roma | 2.6% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €21.099 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | RO41 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.834[3] very high · 5th |
| Website | http://www.adroltenia.ro/ |
Sud-Vest Development Region is roughly coterminous with the historic region of Oltenia (82,4%), which is why it is sometimes referred to as Regiunea de dezvoltare Sud-Vest Oltenia. The Danube forms the natural boundary between Romania and Serbia to the southwest and Bulgaria to the south.
Counties
editThe Sud-Vest region is made up of the following counties:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Population at 1 December 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- "Description of the region South-West" (PDF) (in Romanian).
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