Bihor (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] ( listen)) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.
In Hungarian, it is known as Bihar ([ˈbihɒr]), in Slovak as Bihor, and in German as Bihor.
In October 31, 2011, Bihor had a population of 549,752 and the population density was 72/km². 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than t...
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Bihor (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] ( listen)) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.
In Hungarian, it is known as Bihar ([ˈbihɒr]), in Slovak as Bihor, and in German as Bihor.
In October 31, 2011, Bihor had a population of 549,752 and the population density was 72/km². 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average.
99.4% of the county's population are Christian and of these:
This county has a total area of 7,544 km². In the East side of the County there are the Apuseni Mountains with heights up to 1,800 m. The heights decrease westwards, passing through the hills an ending in the Romanian Western Plain – the eastern side of the Pannonian plain.
The county is mainly the Criş hydrographic basine with the rivers Crişul Repede, Crişul Negru and Barcău the main rivers.
Bihor is one of the wealthiest counties in Romania, with a GDP per...
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