Muntenia

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Muntenia (or Greater Wallachia) is a historical province of Romania, usually considered Wallachia-proper (Muntenia, Ţara Românească, and the seldom used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian). 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. 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.

[edit] Geography

Muntenia includes completely the 10 counties:

• Brăila
• Buzău
• Călăraşi
• Argeş
• Dâmboviţa
• Giurgiu
• Ialomiţa
• Ilfov
• Prahova
• Teleorman

and parts of the counties:

• Vrancea (southern part)
• Vâlcea (eastern part)
• Olt (eastern part)

Romania's capital city, Bucharest, is situated in Muntenia. Other important cities are:

• Brăila
• Buzău
• Piteşti
• Ploieşti
• Târgovişte

v • d • e Historical regions in Romania Banat (1918-)a • Dobruja (Northern Dobruja (1878-)• Southern Dobruja (1913-40)) • Moldavia (1866-) (Bessarabia (1918-40)b• Bukovinac • Hertza (1866-1940) • Transylvania (1918-)ad (Crişana • Maramureş) • Wallachia (1866-) (Muntenia • Oltenia) aDe jure since 1920.     bCahul, Ismail and Bolgrad in Romania, 1866-78.     cSouthern Bukovina in Romania 1918-; Northern Bukovina, 1918-40;     dNorthern Transylvania in Hungary, 1940-44.