Alba County
Coordinates: 46°08′00″N 23°32′00″E / 46.1333°N 23.5333°E Alba (IPA: ['al.ba]; 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.
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Județul Alba | |
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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 |
| • President of the County Board | Ion Dumitrel (PDL) |
| • Prefect2 | Dan Simedru-Coriolan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,242 km2 (2,410 sq mi) |
| • 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 |
| 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 | |
Geography
Alba County has an area of 6,242 km².
The main rivers are the Mureş River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeş and the Arieş.
Divisions
Alba County has 4 municipalities, 7 towns and 67 communes, all listed below:
