Hunedoara (county)
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Administrative map of
Romania with Hunedoara county highlighted
is a
Romanian county (Judeţ) in the
Transylvania region, \nwith the capital city at
Deva (population: 77,259).\nIts common abbreviation is HD.
Demographics
\nIn 2000, it had a population of 536,165 and the population density was 76/km².
Geography
\nThis county has a total area of 7,063 km².\nHunedoara county lies în South-Western Transylvania, bordered by Apuseni Mountains (North), Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South-\nEast), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South-\nWest) and crossed by Mures, Rau Mare, Strei, Crisul Alb and Jiu\nrivers, with large depressions such as Zarand and Hateg. Retezat\nNational Park and other pictoresque regions makes it one of the most\nbeautiful counties in Romania.
History
Its history begins along with the Dacians, who built a strong defensive system of fortresses in Orastie Mountains, nowadays part of UNESCO World Heritage. After the Roman conquest, the capital of Dacia province was also established here, in Hateg depression, named Colonia Augusta Ulpia Traiana\nDacica Sarmizegetusa, last name after the former Dacian capital.\nAfter the Romans left Dacia, the first pre-feudal entities apperead:\nDeva, Strei, Dobra, Hunedoara. After the Hungarian conquest of\nTransylvania, Hunedoara became a county.
During the Middle Ages, in the town of Hunedoara, the Corvins, a powerful Romanian feudal family from Transylvania, part of which is King Mathias of Hungary, founded the most important Gothic style secular building in Romania - The Corvins Castle.
The capital of the county is Deva. Other important cities are\nHunedoara, Petrosani, Orastie, Hateg and Brad. Petrosani is a very\nimportant city in Romania nowadays, being the key town in Jiu Valley,\na very delicate Romanian area, due to its numberous unemployed\nformer miners.
List of cities in Hunedoara county
\n* Hunedoara\n* Deva\n* Petrosani\n* Vulcan\n* Lupeni\n* Petrila\n* Orastie\n* Brad\n* Calan\n* Simeria\n* Hateg\n* Uricani\n* Geoagiu\n* Aninoasa
