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Bihor County (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ, Hungarian: Bihar megye) is a county in western Romania. With a total area of 7,544 km 2 (2,913 sq mi), Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana .
The capital of this smaller county Bihar was Berettyóújfalu. In 1940, by the Second Vienna Award, the county's territory have been extended by its former parts gained from Romania. In 1950, the Hungarian county Bihar was merged with Hajdú County to form Hajdú-Bihar county.
A total of 41 counties (Romanian: județe), along with the municipality of Bucharest, constitute the official administrative divisions of Romania.They represent the country's NUTS-3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics – Level 3) statistical subdivisions within the European Union and each of them serves as the local level of government within its borders.
The name is considered Hungarian or a derivation from Proto-Slavic byk (meaning "ox" or "bull"), or of Cuman/Pecheneg origin. The region was very suitable for raising cattle. Bihor: Hungarian, Slavic: The county's name is the Romanian equivalent of the former Bihar County, which originates from the city of Bihar.
Here is a list of all local administrative units (localități; sing. localitate), which are the municipalities (municipii; sing. municipiu), cities (orașe; sing. oraș) and communes (comune; sing. comună) of Romania, grouped by macroregions (macroregiune; sing. macroregiunea), development regions (regiunile de dezvoltare; sing.
Municipalities of Romania Towns of Romania. This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. [1] For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals.
List of Romania county name etymologies; List of Romanian counties by foreign trade; List of Romanian counties by population; ISO 3166-2:RO; Județ ...
The village is first mentioned in 1067 [citation needed] as Byhor, later as Bychor in 1213 [citation needed], as Bihar in 1332, [citation needed] and again, in 1349 as Byhor. [citation needed] The Gesta Hungarorum, which is believed to have been written around the time of King Béla III of Hungary (1172–1196), [3] mentions that Duke Árpád (born 845) sent envoys to a castle called Bychor ...