Development regions of Romania

Map of the development regions

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The development regions of Romania (Romanian Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union. The development regions correspond to NUTS II-level divisions in European Union member states. Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating European Union PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and became members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.

List

These are the 8 development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of Bucureşti-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country:

• RO1 – Macroregiunea 1:
  • Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,737,400 inhabitants; 34,159 km²
  • Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,638,809 inhabitants; 34,100 km²
• RO2 – Macroregiunea 2:
  • Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,836,875 inhabitants; 30,949
  • Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,932,124 inhabitants; 35,770 km²
• RO3 – Macroregiunea 3:
  • Sud – RO31; 7 counties; 3,458,759 inhabitants; 34,450 km²
  • Bucureşti-Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,198,285 inhabitants; 1,821 km²
• RO4 – Macroregiunea 4:
  • Sud-Vest – RO41; 5 counties; 2,394,895 inhabitants; 31,211 km²
  • Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,958,648 inhabitants; 32,028 km²

Economy

2006 GDP as reported by Eurostat

Region (NUTS 2006)	Total (million €)	€ per capita (2005)	PPP (million €)	PPP € per capita	% of EU average GDP (PPP)
Romania	79,587	3,681	171,542	7,933	35.4
Nord-Vest	11,575	3,499	23,164	8,500	35.9
Centru	11,439	3,742	21,892	9,100	38.3
Nord-Est	10,882	2,519	21,779	5,800	24.7
Sud-Est	10,897	3,211	21,807	7,700	32.5
Sud	12,562	3,028	25,139	7,600	32.1
Bucuresti-Ilfov	21,999.5	7,776	37,068	19,800	83.8
Sud-Vest	8,226	2,920	16,463	7,200	30.4
Vest	10,168	4,137	20,349	10,600	39.4

See also

• Administrative divisions of Romania
• Region (Europe)
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
• Historical regions of Romania