Bihor

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Administrative map of Romania with Bihor county highlighted

Bihor (Hungarian: Bihar) is a county (Judeţ) in the Crisana region, in Romania, 7 500 km&sup2, and 600 223 hab. The capital city is Oradea (population: 206,527). Its common abbreviation is BH.

Contents

1 Demographics

1.1 Ethnicity
1.2 Religion

2 Geography

3 List of cities in Bihor county

4 Communes in Bihor county

5 Economy

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Demographics

In 2002, Bihor had a population of 600,223 and the population density was 79.56/km². There were 291,613 males and 308,610 females. The county was inhabited by 969 foreign citizens (0.0016% of the population) in 2002. 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average.

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Ethnicity

The following ethnicities make up the population of Bihor, as of the 2002 census:

Romanians: 404,537 (67.40%)
Hungarians: 155,554 (25.91%)
Rroma: 30,237 (5.00%)
Slovaks: 7,361 (1.22%)
Germans: 1,137 (0.19%)
Jews: 242
Ukrainians: 174
Greeks: 71
Russians: 63
Bulgarians: 31
Serbs: 31
Polish: 21
Turks: 15
Czechs: 14
Armenians: 11
Croats: 3

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Religion

The following religions make up the population of Bihor, as of the 2002 census:

Romanian Orthodox: 357,996 (59.6%)
Reformed: 107,817 (18.0%)
Roman Catholic: 55,555 (9.3%)
Pentecostal: 34,460 (5.7%)
Baptist: 22,366 (3.7%)
Greek Catholic: 14,086 (2.3%)
Seventh-day Adventist: 1,858 (0.3%)
Atheist: 1,155 (0.2%)
Jewish: 210
Islam: 175
Total Protestant: 166,501 (27.7%)

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Geography

This county has a total area of 7,544 km².

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List of cities in Bihor county

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Communes in Bihor county

This is a list of communes and villages in Bihor county:

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Economy

Bihor is one of the wealthiest counties in Romania, with a GDP per capita well above the national average. Recently, the economy has been driven by a number of construction projects. Bihor has the lowest unemployment rate in Romania and among the lowest in Europe, with only 2.1% unemployment, compared to Romania's average of 5.7%. In 2003, 25.1% of the population lived in poverty, a figure which is improving and is set to reach 20% in 2005.

Counties of Romania