Muntenia

Historical region of Romania in Bucharest

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

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Constantin Lecca: "Moldavians and Muntenians become brothers"

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

* Brăila
* Buzău
* Călărași
* Argeș
* Dâmbovița
* Giurgiu
* Ialomița
* Ilfov
* Prahova

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:

* Brăila
* Buzău
* Pitești
* Ploiești
* Târgoviște

## References

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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)

## External links

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