1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from theEuropean 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 from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' 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
Gorj County (Romanian pronunciation:[ɡorʒ]ⓘ) is a county (județ) ofRomania, inOltenia, with its capital city atTârgu Jiu.Gorj comes from the SlavicGornjiJiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast withDolnji (“lower Jiu”).[2]
In the southwestern and central parts of the county, coal is extracted nearMotru andRovinari. There are two big thermo electrical power plants atRovinari andTurceni, and some hydro-electrical power plants. The county is the biggest electricity producer in Romania, with 36% of the country's electricity.
Due to the decrease in mining activity, the county has one of the highest unemployment levels in the country.
Historically, the county was located in the southwestern part ofGreater Romania, in the northern part of the historical region ofOltenia. Its capital wasTârgu Jiu. The interwar county territory comprised a large part of the current Gorj County.
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 206,339 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 97.9% Romanians, 1.7% Romanies, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population was 99.6% Eastern Orthodox, as well as other minorities.
In 1930, the county's urban population was 13,030 inhabitants, comprising 90.0% Romanians, 4.6% Romanies, 1.1% Germans, 0.9% Hungarians, 0.8% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 95.8% Eastern Orthodox, 2.2% Roman Catholic, 0.8% Jewish, as well as other minorities.
^H. T. Montague Bell, Near East, Limited, 1931,The Near East Year Book and Who's who: A Survey of the Affairs, Political, Economic and Social, of Yugoslavia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, p. 559
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