Municipalities of Romania

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A municipality (municipiu in Romanian, from Latin municipium) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania. This status is given to cities (oraşe) that are quite large and urbanized. There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipality, even though it applies to localities which have a sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities which do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as cities (oraşe), or if they are not urban areas, as communes (comune). Municipalities are governed by a mayor. There are no official administrative subdivisions of municipalities, even though, unofficially, municipalities may be grouped in quarters/districts (cartiere in Romanian). The exception to this is the Municipality of Bucharest, which has a status similar to that of a county and is officially-subdivided into six administrative sectors.

In English, the Romanian municipiu is often translated as city or town, though it is important to distinguish it from city-status (oraş), which is the status given to smaller urban localities, as explained above.

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Here is a list with the largest municipalities in Romania:

Rank	Core City	County	Population^*	Metro.	Rank	Core City	County	Population^*	Metro.
1	Bucharest	B	1,931,838	2,200,000	13	Piteşti	AG	168,958	-
2	Iaşi	IS	315,214	397,800	14	Arad	AR	167,238	-
3	Cluj-Napoca	CJ	310,243	360,000	15	Sibiu	SB	154,458	-
4	Timişoara	TM	307,347	387,900	16	Târgu Mureş	MS	145,943	-
5	Constanţa	CT	304,279	550,000	17	Baia Mare	MM	139,870	-
6	Craiova	DJ	299,429	370,000	18	Buzău	BZ	134,619	-
7	Galaţi	GL	293,523	600,000^**	19	Botoşani	BT	115,739	-
8	Braşov	BV	277,945	398,100	20	Satu Mare	SM	113,688	-
9	Ploieşti	PH	230,240	300,000	21	Râmnicu Vâlcea	VL	111,342	-
10	Brăila	BR	215,316	600,000^**	22	Piatra-Neamţ	NT	108,085	-
11	Oradea	BH	205,077	240,800	23	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	MH	107,882	-
12	Bacău	BC	178,203	250,000	24	Suceava	SV	106,397	-
Note: ^ denotes July 2007 estimate^[1]; ^** denotes same metropolitan area*

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County	Common Abbrev	Municipalities
Alba	AB	Alba Iulia Aiud Blaj Sebeş
Arad	AR	Arad
Argeş	AG	Piteşti Câmpulung Curtea de Argeş
Bacău	BC	Bacău Oneşti Moineşti
Bihor	BH	Oradea Beiuş Marghita Salonta
Bistriţa-Năsăud	BN	Bistriţa
Botoşani	BT	Botoşani Dorohoi
Braşov	BV	Braşov Făgăraş Codlea Săcele
Brăila	BR	Brăila
Buzău	BZ	Buzău Râmnicu Sărat
Caraş-Severin	CS	Reşiţa Caransebeş
Călăraşi	CL	Călăraşi Olteniţa
Cluj	CJ	Cluj-Napoca Turda Dej Câmpia Turzii Gherla
Constanţa	CT	Constanţa Mangalia Medgidia
Covasna	CV	Sfântu Gheorghe Târgu Secuiesc
Dâmboviţa	DB	Târgovişte Moreni
Dolj	DJ	Craiova Băileşti Calafat
Galaţi	GL	Galaţi Tecuci
Giurgiu	GR	Giurgiu
Gorj	GJ	Târgu Jiu Motru
Harghita	HR	Miercurea Ciuc Gheorgheni Odorheiu Secuiesc Topliţa
Hunedoara	HD	Deva Hunedoara Brad Lupeni Orăştie Petroşani Vulcan
Ialomiţa	IL	Slobozia Feteşti Urziceni
Iaşi	IS	Iaşi Paşcani
Ilfov	IF	none
Maramureş	MM	Baia Mare Sighetu Marmaţiei
Mehedinţi	MH	Drobeta-Turnu Severin Orşova
Mureş	MS	Târgu Mureş Sighişoara Reghin Târnăveni
Neamţ	NT	Piatra Neamţ Roman
Olt	OT	Slatina Caracal
Prahova	PH	Ploieşti Câmpina
Satu Mare	SM	Satu Mare Carei
Sălaj	SJ	Zalău
Sibiu	SB	Sibiu Mediaş
Suceava	SV	Suceava Fălticeni Rădăuţi Câmpulung Moldovenesc Vatra Dornei
Teleorman	TR	Alexandria Roşiorii de Vede Turnu Măgurele
Timiş	TM	Timişoara Lugoj
Tulcea	TL	Tulcea
Vaslui	VS	Vaslui Bârlad Huşi
Vâlcea	VL	Râmnicu Vâlcea Drăgăşani
Vrancea	VN	Focşani Adjud
Bucureşti	B	Bucureşti