Muntenia

Muntenia Greater Wallachia
Historical region of Romania
Bucharest Târgoviște Peleș Castle Brăila Snagov Monastery Bucegi Mountains
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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

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

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. Bibcode:2020Sust...12.5799D. 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.