Giurgiu County
Județul Giurgiu | |
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County | |
 Entering Giurgiu County across the Friendship Bridge from Bulgaria | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 44°10′N 25°54′E / 44.16°N 25.9°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| Development region1 | Sud |
| Historic region | Muntenia |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Giurgiu |
| Created | 1981 |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Dumitru Beianu (PNL) |
| • Prefect2 | Florentina Stănculescu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,526 km2 (1,361 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 40th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 262,066 |
| • Rank | 38th in Romania |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 08wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x464 |
| Car Plates | GR5 |
| GDP | US$1.657 billion (2015) |
| GDP/capita | US$6,242 (2015) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European 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 any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary 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 | |
Giurgiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒjurdʒju] ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu.