Braşov County

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Braşov ((Template:IPA2); Template:Lang-hu) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Braşov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (ţări) Burzenland and Făgăraş Land.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
- 2.1 Neighbours
3 Economy
4 Tourism
5 Administrative divisions
6 References

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Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 589,028 and the population density was 110/km².

Romanians - 87.25%<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"</ref>
Hungarians - 9%
Gypsies - 3%
Ethnic Germans - 0.75%

Year	County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"</ref>
1948	300,836
1956	373,941
1966	442,692
1977	582,863
1992	643,261
2002	589,028

Traditionally the Romanian population was concentrated in the West and South-West of the County, the Hungarians are in the East part of the county, and the Germans were in the North and around Braşov city.

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Geography

The county has a total area of 5,363 km².

The South side comprises the Carpathian Mountains (Southern Carpathians and Eastern Carpathians) with Făgăraş Mountains, Bucegi Mountains, Piatra Mare Mountains, Piatra Craiului Mountains and Postăvaru Mountains. In the east side there is the Braşov Depression, and in the west side there is the Olt River valley. Between them there are the Perşani Mountains. The North and West side of the county is crossed by the Olt River.

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Neighbours

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Covasna County in the East.
Sibiu County in the West.
Mureş County and Harghita County in the North.
Argeş County, Dâmboviţa County and Prahova County in the South.

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Economy

Braşov is one of the most prosperous regions of Romania and has a tradition in industry. During WWII, IAR 80 and towards the end of the war Bf109, fighter aircraft were built in Braşov. During the communist period it was heavily industrialised, and its heritage were some very large industrial complexes. Some of them managed to survive and adapt to the capitalist type market economy, some of them didn't, leaving behind them a high rate of unemployment. Due to new investments, mainly foreign ones, the economy managed to partially recover.Template:Fact

The predominant industries in the county are: