Sud-Vest Oltenia or South-West Oltenia is a subdivision of Romania. It is one of the eight development regions and

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-2 statistical regions as defined under the

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(NUTS). Along with the

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region, it forms part of the NUTS-1 region of

Macroregiunea Patru Macroregion Four (Romanian: ''Macroregiunea Patru'') is a statistical (NUTS 1) region of Romania. It consists of two development regions (West West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction f ...

(Macroregion four). It encompasses an area of in the south-west portion of the country, and incorporates five counties–

Dolj Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to '' Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the coun ...

, Gorj, Mehedinți, Olt, and Vâlcea. As per 2024 estimate, the region had a population of 1.86 million, making it the second lowest populated amongst the regions of Romania.

Classification

The country of Romania is organized into eight development regions. These development regions do not have any administrative powers, and its main function is to coordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the

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. The

(NUTS) organizes the country into four broader level statistical regions. These are classified as a

-1 statistical regions of Romania, and incorporate one or more development regions within it. The regions form the NUTS-2 territorial units under them.

Geography

Sud-Vest Oltenia incorporates the south-western parts of the country encompassing an area of . The region is located in South Eastern Europe, and is completely land locked. It shares international land borders with Serbia in the west, and Bulagaria in the south. It is bordered by South Romania on the east, and

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and Central Romania in the north. The

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forms a rough natural boundary between the region and the neighboring country of Bulgaria. South-West Romania consists of a mix of mountainous regions and plains. The

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and

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dominate the north and north west portion of the region. The central and southern region consists of the Danube

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. The region is about 30% forested, with the forest cover reducing by over five percent in the previous century.

Sub-regions

South Western Romania incorporates five counties–

, Gorj, Mehedinți, Olt, and Vâlcea.

Demographics

South-West Romania had a population of over 1.85 million in 2024, and is the second least populated of the eight development regions of the country after West Romania. Though the region has a high

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, it is amongst the poorly developed regions in the

. Majority of the population (about 10.2 million) lived in rural areas.

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