Sud-Est (development region)

Sud-Est
Region
Country	Romania
Development Agency HQ	Brăila
Largest city	Constanța
Area
• Total	35,762 km2 (13,808 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Population  (2021 census) [1]
• Total	2,367,987
• Rank	4th
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
•  Romanians	95.2%
•  Roma	1.7%
•  Turks	1.0%
•  Lipovans	0.9%
GDP [2]
• Total	€28.130 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	RO22
GDP per capita	€17,200 (2022) [3]
HDI (2022)	0.815 [4] very high · 6th
Website	http://www.adrse.ro/

Sud-Est (English South East) is a development region in Romania. As with other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union.

Counties

The region covers the Southeast part of the country, and it includes the old historical regions of Dobrudja, southern Moldavia, and northeastern Muntenia. The Sud-Est region is made up of the following counties:

• Brăila (Muntenia)
• Buzău (Muntenia)
• Constanța (Dobrudja)
• Galați (Moldavia)
• Tulcea (Dobrudja)
• Vrancea (Moldavia)

See also

• Development regions of Romania
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

References

1. "Population at 1 December 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE . Retrieved 1 July 2023.
2. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
3. Eurostat. "GDP per capita in EU regions". Europa web portal. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
4. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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