Bihor County

Bihor County Județul Bihor Bihar megye
County
Oradea, capital of Bihor County
Coat of arms
Location of Bihor County in Romania
Country	Romania
Historic region	Crișana
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Oradea
Government
• Type	County Council
• President of the County Council	Ilie Bolojan [ro] (PNL)
• Prefect2	Dumitru Țiplea [ro]
Area
• Total	7,544 km2 (2,913 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Romania
Highest elevation	1,849 m (6,066 ft)
Lowest elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]
• Total	551,297
• Rank	11th in Romania
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	41wxyz3
Area code	+40 x594
ISO 3166 code	RO-BH
Car Plates	BH5
GDP	US$8.660 billion (2024)
GDP per Capita	US$14,446 (2024)
Website	County Council County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union[citation needed] 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a civil servant. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or firing) from the civil service 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

Bihor County (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] ^ⓘ, Hungarian: Bihar megye) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of 7,544 km² (2,913 sq mi), Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea.