Official Name: | Sud-Vest Oltenia |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Subdivision Type4: | Largest city |
Subdivision Name4: | Craiova |
Area Total Km2: | 29212 |
Area Rank: | 7th |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Total: | 1873607 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Rank: | 7th |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnic groups |
Demographics1 Info1: | 97.2% |
Demographics1 Info2: | 2.6% |
Demographics Type2: | GDP |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [2] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
Demographics2 Info1: | €21.099 billion (2022) |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | NUTS code |
Blank Info Sec1: | RO41 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | HDI (2022) |
Website: | http://www.adroltenia.ro/ |
Sud-Vest Oltenia (English South-West Oltenia) is a development region in Romania. As the other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union.
Sud-Vest Development Region is roughly coterminous with the historic region of Oltenia (82,4%), and for that reason it is sometimes called Regiunea de dezvoltare Sud-Vest Oltenia. The Danube forms the natural boundary between Romania and Serbia to the southwest, and Bulgaria to the south.
The Sud-Vest region is made up of the following counties: