Buzău County
Buzău County
Județul Buzău | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 45°16′N 26°46′E / 45.27°N 26.77°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Sud-Est |
| Historic region | Muntenia |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Buzău |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Board | Petre Emanoil Neagu (PSD) |
| • Prefect2 | Daniel Marian Ticlea |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,103 km2 (2,356 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 17th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 404,979 |
| • Rank | 18th in Romania |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 12wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x384 |
| Car Plates | BZ5 |
| GDP | US$2.561 billion (2015) |
| GDP/per capita | US$5,927 (2015) |
| Website | County Council 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. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have 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 | |
Buzău County (Romanian pronunciation: [buˈzəw] ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău.