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ADMINISTRATION
POPULATION
ECONOMY AND TOURISM
CULTURE

ADMINISTRATION

The Gorj County is divided into 70 administrative unites, managed by a Major, assisted by a Local Council, elected by universal poll, for 4 years. There are 70 localities and Tg – Jiu is the town residence of the county. There are also 5 towns: Bumbesti – Jiu, Tg – Carbunesti, Motru, Novaci, Ticleni and other villages.

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POPULATION

The Gorj County counts about 397.238 inhabitants and is the 30rd of the 41 counties of Romania. The structure of population depending on residence is:

01.01.1999

                    Total              Male population             Female population

Gorj          397.238               196.942                        200.290
Urban        169.746                84.170                           85.576
Rural          227.492              112.772                         114.720

                    High tide population (in 1998):

- immigrations = 224
- emigrations   =   58
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    Increase rate = - 28

 Living persons  = 4.474
 Dead persons   = 4.565
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 Birth rate      =    - 91
 

- Number of marriages = 2.804
- Number of divorces   =    750

The Gorj county has an active population of 188,6 thousand persons, the employment rate is 57,7 % in towns. The average net wage (01.03.1999) is about 2.000.000 lei.

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ECONOMY AND TOURISM

The Gorj county  is characterized by an industrial and agricultural economy; the structure of material production, divided into branches, is:

- industry                             52,8 %;
- agriculture                         10,2 %;
- buildings                             2,0 %;
- transports and
      telecommunications         5,8 %;
- other branches                  29,2 %.
The economic situation of the county is (in  thousand dollars – 01.01.1998):
- Total export FOB  12.040
- Total import FOB 12.719
In Gorj, the tourists may benefit by a lot of accommodation and public food services, enjoying the hospitality of its inhabitants.
Number of:
- hotels                                   = 45;
 - inns and motels                    =   8;
 - other accommodation unites = 27.
Total number of accommodation unites was 1604, of which 923 are hotels.
Total number of tourists in Gorj (1998) was 64.096 persons.
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C U L T U R E

 Cultural region of great profoundness, the Gorj county is a spiritual and distinct territory.
 The beauty of the landscape is completed by customs and traditions, of which:
 - the fair of Polovragi (15 – 20 july);
 - the annual fair of Dragotesti (22 – 27 july);
 - the annual fair of Tismana (15 August);
 - the annual fair of Sf. Petru, in Campeni (29 june);
 - the climbing of muttons to the mountain in may, in Novaci (may);
 - the descent of muttons from the mountains, in Baia de Fier (september);
- the weekly fairs in Novaci, Capreni, Alimpesti.

In Gorj county there are 41 cultural institutions, 2 performance institutions, 9 cultural offices, 61 clubs, 69 rural and urban libraries, 11 museum, 10 cinema.

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