Vest (development region)

Vest (English: West) is a development region in Romania created in 1998. As with the other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers. Its primary functions are coordinating regional development projects and managing funds from the European Union.

Vest
Region
Country Romania
Development Agency HQTimișoara
Largest cityTimișoara
Area
 • Total32,028 km2 (12,366 sq mi)
 • Rank6th
Population
 (2021 census)[1]
 • Total1,668,921
 • Rank8th
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Romanians86.3%
 • Hungarians6.7%
 • Roma2.5%
 • Germans1.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS codeRO42
GDP per capita€32,100 (2022)[2]
HDI (2022)0.886[3]
very high · 3rd
Websitehttp://www.adr5vest.ro/

Counties Edit

The Vest region is made up of the following counties:

See also Edit

References Edit

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

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