Harghita

Harghita County Județul Harghita Hargita megye
County
Landscape around Lake Sfânta Ana, southern Harghita County
Coat of arms
Harghita county, territorial location
Country	Romania
Development region1	Centru
Historic region	Transylvania
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Miercurea Ciuc
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Csaba Borboly (UDMR)
• Prefect2	Constantin Strujan
Area
• Total	6,639 km2 (2,563 sq mi)
Area rank	13th in Romania
Population (2011)
• Total	304,969
• Rank	33rd in Romania
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	53wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x664
Car Plates	HR5
GDP	US$ 2.63 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 8,064 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just 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 from having any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) 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

Harghita (Romanian pronunciation: [harˈɡita], Hungarian: Hargita megye, pronounced [ˈhɒrɡitɒ]) is a county (județ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc.

In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of 52/km².

In 2011, it had a population of 302,432 and a population density of 46/km².

Harghita county has the highest percentage of Hungarians in Romania, just ahead of Covasna county. The Hungarians form the majority of the population in most of the county's municipalities, with Romanians concentrated in the northern and eastern part of the county (particularly Toplița and Bălan), as well as in the enclave of Voșlăbeni.

The Székelys of Harghita are mostly Roman Catholic, with Reformed and Unitarian minorities, while the ethnic Romanians are primarily Orthodox. Catholicism is strongest in the east, in the former Csíkszék, while Protestants are concentrated in the west, south and west of Odorheiu Secuiesc. By religion, the county is divided roughly as follows:

Demographic evolution

Harghita County has a total area of 6,639 km².

Harghita consists primarily of mountains, connected to the Eastern Carpathians, such as the Ciuc and Harghita Mountains; volcanic plateaux, foothills, and the more densely populated river valleys.