Muntenia

Muntenia

Greater Wallachia
Muntenia Greater Wallachia
Historical region of Romania
	Târgoviște
	Coat of arms
	Muntenia
Country	Romania
Largest city	Bucharest
Area
• Total	47,161 km2 (18,209 sq mi)
Population (2021 census)
• Total	5.921.110
Demonym	Muntenian/Wallachian
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Muntenia (Romanian pronunciation: [munˈteni.a], also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as Muntenia, Țara Românească, and the rarely used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian).^[1] It is situated between the Danube (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west.^[2] The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia (or Lesser Wallachia). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret.^[3]

Geography

Muntenia includes București - Ilfov, Sud - Muntenia, and part of the Sud-Est development regions. It consists of nine counties entirely:

And parts of four others:

Teleorman (the entire county with the exception of Islaz)
Vrancea (southern part)
Vâlcea (eastern part)
Olt (eastern part)

Romania's capital city, Bucharest, is situated in Muntenia. Other important cities are:

References

^ Davidescu, Adriana AnaMaria; Apostu, Simona Andreea; Pantilie, Andra Madalina; Amzuica, Bogdan Florian (January 2020). "Romania's South-Muntenia Region, towards Sustainable Regional Development. Implications for Regional Development Strategies". Sustainability. 12 (14): 5799. doi:10.3390/su12145799. ISSN 2071-1050.
^ Erwin Gáll; Réka Fülöp; Mihály Huba Hőgyes (2020). Sorin Forțiu (ed.). "Periferiile periferiilor?" [The peripheries of the peripheries?] (PDF). Arheovest Interdisciplinaritate în Arheologie și Istorie (in Romanian). I (VIII). Timișoara, Szeged: Asociația ArheoVest, JATEPress Kiadó: 386. ISBN 978-963-315-464-9.
^ Manele in Romania : cultural expression and social meaning in Balkan popular music. Margaret H. Beissinger, Speranța Rădulescu, Anca Giurchescu. Lanham. 2016. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-4422-6708-4. OCLC 950902131.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

[1] Davidescu, Adriana AnaMaria; Apostu, Simona Andreea; Pantilie, Andra Madalina; Amzuica, Bogdan Florian (January 2020). "Romania's South-Muntenia Region, towards Sustainable Regional Development. Implications for Regional Development Strategies". Sustainability. 12 (14): 5799. doi:10.3390/su12145799. ISSN 2071-1050.

[2] Erwin Gáll; Réka Fülöp; Mihály Huba Hőgyes (2020). Sorin Forțiu (ed.). "Periferiile periferiilor?" [The peripheries of the peripheries?] (PDF). Arheovest Interdisciplinaritate în Arheologie și Istorie (in Romanian). I (VIII). Timișoara, Szeged: Asociația ArheoVest, JATEPress Kiadó: 386. ISBN 978-963-315-464-9.

[3] Manele in Romania : cultural expression and social meaning in Balkan popular music. Margaret H. Beissinger, Speranța Rădulescu, Anca Giurchescu. Lanham. 2016. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-4422-6708-4. OCLC 950902131.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

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v t e Historical regions in Romania
Banat (1918–)^a	Banat^h
Dobruja (1878–)	Northern Dobruja^c Southern Dobruja (1913–16; 1919–40)^d
Moldavia (1859–)^b	Bessarabia^e (1918–40; 1941–44) Budjak (1918–40; 1941–44) Bukovina (Southern Bukovina (1918–)^f; Northern Bukovina (1918–40; 1941–44)^f) Hertsa (1859–1940; 1941–44)^b Western Moldavia
Transylvania (1918–)^a^g	Crișana^h Maramureșⁱ Székely Land^j
Wallachia (1859–)^b	Muntenia Oltenia
^aDe jure since 1920 ^bDe jure since 1862 ^cDe jure ceded to Bulgaria and the Central Powers (except for the Danube Delta) between May 1918 and November 1919 ^dDe jure ceded to Bulgaria between May 1918 and November 1919 ^eSouthern Bessarabia in Romania (1859–78) ^fDe jure since 1919 ^gNorthern Transylvania in Hungary (1940–44) ^hOnly the eastern part ⁱOnly the southern part ^jTransylvania proper