Brăila County

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Brăila (Template:IPA2) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 2.1 Neighbours 3 Economy 4 Tourism 5 Administrative divisions 5.1 Municipality 5.2 Towns 5.3 Communes 6 References

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 373,174 and the population density was 78/km².

• Romanians - 98%<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"</ref>
• Romas, Russians, Lipovans, Aromanians and others.

Year	County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"</ref>
1948	271,251
1956	297,276
1966	339,954
1977	377,954
1992	392,031
2002	373,174

Geography

This county has a total area of 4,766 km².

Al the county lies on a flat plane: the Bărăgan Plain, one of the best areas for growing cereals in Romania.

On the east side there is the Danube, which forms an island - The Great Brăila Island surrounded by the Măcin channel, Cremenea channel and Vâlciu channel. On the northern side there is the Siret River and on the north-western side there is the Buzău River.

Neighbours

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• Tulcea County in the east.
• Buzău County in the west.
• Galaţi County and Vrancea County in the north.
• Ialomiţa County and Constanţa County in the south.

Economy

The agriculture is the main occupation in the county. Industry is almost entirely concentrated in the city of Brăila.

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Food industry.
• Textile industry.
• Mechanical components industry.

In Brăila there is an important harbour, once the biggest cereal harbour in Romania.

Tourism

The main tourist destinantions are:

• The city of Brăila.
• The Lacu Sărat Resort.

Administrative divisions

Template:Seealso The county has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 40 communes.

Municipality

• Brăila

Towns

• Ianca
• Însurăţei
• Făurei

Communes

Bărăganul Berteştii de Jos Bordei Verde Cazasu Chiscani Ciocile Cireşu Dudeşti Frecăţei Galbenu

Gemenele Grădiştea Gropeni Jirlău Măraşu Măxineni Mircea Vodă Movila Miresii Racoviţa Râmnicelu

Romanu Roşiori Salcia Tudor Scorţaru Nou Siliştea Stăncuţa Surdila-Găiseanca Surdila-Greci Şuţeşti Tichileşti

Traian Tudor Vladimirescu Tufeşti Ulmu Unirea Vădeni Victoria Vişani Viziru Zăvoaia

References

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