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Alba County

Județul Alba

County

Coat of arms

Location of Alba County in Romania

Country

Romania

Development region¹

Centru

Historic region

Transylvania

County seat

Alba Iulia

Government

• Type

County Board

Area

• Total

6,242 km² (2,410 sq mi)

Area rank

16th in Romania

Population

• Total

327,224

• Rank

29th in Romania

• Density

52.423/km² (135.775/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+2 (EET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+3 (EEST)

Postal Code

51wxyz³

Area code(s)

+40 x58⁴

Car Plates

AB⁵

GDP

US$ 3.77 billion (2008)

GDP/capita

US$ 9,842 (2008)

Website

County Board
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 to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries corp
³w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or eaven 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 utilitary vehicles & ATVs, etc.) and the ones used outside the county

Alba ( Hungarian: Fehér) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Alba County is Alba Iulia, with a population of 72,405 people.