Călărași (Romanian pronunciation: [kələˈraʃʲ] ^ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași.

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Călărași County Județul Călărași
County
Landscape in Călărași County
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Călărași
Created	1981
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Vasile Iliuță (PSD)
• Prefect2	George Iacob
Area
• Total	5,088 km2 (1,964 sq mi)
• Rank	28th in Romania
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]
• Total	283,458
• Rank	34th in Romania
• Density	56.02/km2 (145.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	91wxyz3
Area code	+40 x424
Car Plates	CL5
GDP	US$1.635 billion (2015)
GDP/capita	US$5,736 (2015)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed as a way of managing 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 from having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even 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 utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

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In 2011, it had a population of 285,050 and a population density of 56.02/km².

• Romanians – 94.1%^[2]
• Romani – 5.7%
• Turks - 0.1%
• Unknown - 0.1%

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Year	County population[3]
1948	287,722
1956	318,573
1966	337,261
1977	338,807
1992	338,844
2002	324,617
2011	285,050
2021	283,458

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This county has an area of 5,088 km².

The entire area lies in the southern part of the Bărăgan Plain and is crossed by small rivers with deep valleys. On its southern and eastern sides there is the valley of the Danube which, on the eastern side, splits into a number of branches, forming islands, now drained. On the western side, the rivers Argeș and Dâmbovița form a wide valley before flowing into the Danube.

Agriculture is the county's main industry, generating about 3% of the entire country's agricultural output.

The county's industries:

• Metallurgy – there is a big metallurgical plant in Călărași, similar to the one in Galați
• Food processing
• Textiles
• Construction materials

Tourism in the county is uncommon. There are only 3 hotels in Călărași County. The main tourist destinations:

• The town of Călărași;
• The town of Oltenița;
• Fishing on the Danube.

The Călărași County Council, elected at the 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:^[4]

Călărași County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 50 communes

• Municipalities
  • Călărași – county seat; population: 65,181^[5] (as of 2011)
  • Oltenița
• Towns
  • Budești
  • Fundulea
  • Lehliu-Gară