Sud - Muntenia (development region)

Sud - Muntenia (South - Muntenia) is a development region in Romania. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union. It is located entirely in the historic region of Muntenia, with its Development Agency HQ in Călărași.

Sud - Muntenia
Region
Country	Romania
Development Agency HQ	Călărași
Largest city	Ploiești
Area
• Total	34,489 km^2 (13,316 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population  (2021 census)^[1]
• Total	2,864,339
• Rank	2nd
• Density	83/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
• Romanians	96.9%
• Roma	2.9%
GDP ^[2]
• Total	€27.404 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	RO31
GDP per capita	€17,000 (2022)^[3]
HDI (2022)	0.801^[4] high · 7th
Website	http://www.adrmuntenia.ro/

Counties

The Sud region is made up of the following counties:

• Argeș
• Călărași
• Dâmbovița
• Giurgiu
• Ialomița
• Prahova
• Teleorman

See also

• Development regions of Romania
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

References

1. "Population at 1 December 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
2. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
3. Eurostat. "GDP per capita in EU regions". Europa web portal. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
4. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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