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Muntenia (Romanian pronunciation: [munˈteni.a], also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, usually considered Wallachia-proper (Muntenia, Țara 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.^{[need quotation to verify]} 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 ten counties entirely:

and parts of three others:

Vrancea (southern part)
Vâlcea (eastern part)
Olt (eastern part)

Romania's capital city, Bucharest, is situated in Muntenia. Other important cities are:

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v t e Historical regions in Romania
Banat (1918–)^a	Banat^h
Dobruja (1878–)	Northern Dobruja^c Southern Dobruja (1913–16; 1919–40)^d
Moldavia (1859–)^b	Bessarabia^e (1918–40; 1941–44) Budjak (1918–40; 1941–44) Bukovina (Southern Bukovina (1918–)^f; Northern Bukovina (1918–40; 1941–44)^f) Hertsa (1859–1940; 1941–44)^b Western Moldavia
Transylvania (1918–)^a^g	Crișana^h Maramureșⁱ Székely Land^j
Wallachia (1859–)^b	Muntenia Oltenia
^aDe jure since 1920 ^bDe jure since 1862 ^cDe jure ceded to Bulgaria and the Central Powers (except for the Danube Delta) between May 1918 and November 1919 ^dDe jure ceded to Bulgaria between May 1918 and November 1919 ^eSouthern Bessarabia in Romania (1859–78) ^fDe jure since 1919 ^gNorthern Transylvania in Hungary (1940–44) ^hOnly the eastern part ⁱOnly the southern part ^jTransylvania proper