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Muntenia (or Greater Wallachia) is a historical province of Romania, usually considered Wallachia-proper (Muntenia, Ţara Românească, and the seldom used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian). It is situated between the Danube (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia (or Lesser Wallachia). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret.

Geography

Muntenia includes completely the 10 counties: and parts of the counties: Romania's capital city, Bucharest, is situated in Muntenia. Other important cities are:
  • Brăila
  • Buzău
  • Piteşti
  • Ploieşti
  • Târgovişte
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Romanian historical regions
Dobruja (Northern Dobruja) • Moldavia (Bessarabia • Budjak • Bukovina • Hertza) • Transylvania (Banat • Crişana • Maramureş) • Wallachia (Muntenia • Oltenia)

Wallachia (also spelled Walachia; Romanian: Ţara Românească or "The Romanian Land") is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians.
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Motto

(each main institution has its own motto)
Anthem
Deşteaptă-te, române!


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For the taxonomical term, see .


Synonyms (in ancient Greek, συν ("syn") = plus and όνομα ("onoma") = name
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Official status
Official language of:  Moldova [2]
 Romania
 Vojvodina (Serbia)

 European Union
Regulated by: Academia Română
Language codes
ISO 639-1: ro
ISO 639-2: rum (B)
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Danube
Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunărea
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Carpathian Mountains (Romanian: Munţii Carpaţi; Polish, Czech, and Slovak: Karpaty; Ukrainian: Карпати (Karpaty); German: Karpaten; Serbian: Karpati /
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The Southern Carpathians (Romanian: Carpaţii Meridionali), also called the Transylvanian Alps, are a group of mountain ranges which divide central and southern Romania.
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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova) is a geographical and historical region in South-Eastern Europe, roughly corresponding to the territory of the historic principality of the same name.
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Olt River

The Avrig storage reservoir on the Olt River


Countries | Romania
Counties | Harghita,
Covasna,
Braşov,
Sibiu,
Vâlcea,
Olt,
Teleorman
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Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternate Latin names Wallachia Minor, Wallachia Alutana, Wallachia Caesarea in use between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania.
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Milcov River

Milcov river near the village of Broşteni, 15 km south of Focşani


Countries | Romania
Counties | Vrancea County
Villages |
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Siret River

Countries | Ukraine,
Romania
Counties | Botoşani County,
Suceava County,
Neamţ County,
Iaşi County,
Bacău County,
Vrancea County,
Galaţi County

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Romania

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Politics of Romania

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  • Traian Băsescu
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Giurgiu (IPA: [ʤjur.ʤju]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 297,859 and the population density was 84/km².
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Ilfov (IPA: ['il.fov]) is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter
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For other uses, see Prahova.


Prahova (IPA: ['pra.ho.va]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploieşti.
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Teleorman (IPA: [te.'le.or.man]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria.
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The word Vrancea can refer to these places in Romania:
  • Vrancea County
  • Vrancea Mountains

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Vâlcea (also spelt Vîlcea; IPA: ['vɨl.ʧea]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (both regions are separated by the Olt river), its capital city is Râmnicu
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Olt (IPA: [olt]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (both regions are separated by the Olt river), with the capital city at Slatina.
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Bucharest
Bucureşti

Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname: Little Paris, Paris of the East
Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right)
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Motto

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Anthem
Deşteaptă-te, române!


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Dobruja, or sometimes Dobrudja (Dobrogea in Romanian, Добруджа—transliterated Dobrudzha—in Bulgarian, Dobruca
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Northern Dobruja (Romanian: Dobrogea; Bulgarian: Северна Добруджа, Severna Dobrudzha
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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova) is a geographical and historical region in South-Eastern Europe, roughly corresponding to the territory of the historic principality of the same name.
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Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian,
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Budjak or Budzhak is the southern part of Bessarabia, now included in the Odessa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is a multiethnic region lying along the Black Sea between the Danube and Dniester rivers.
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Bukovina (Ukrainian: Буковина, Bukovyna; Romanian: Bucovina; German and Polish: Bukowina
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blue: Hertza region, green: northern Bessarabia]]

Hertza region (Romanian: Ţinutul Herţa, Ukrainian: Край Герца Kraj Herca
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Transylvania (Romanian: Ardeal or Transilvania; Hungarian: Erdély; German:
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