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 HQ | Timișoara |
| Largest city | Timișoara |
| Area | |
• Total | 32,028 km2 (12,366 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Population (2021 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,668,921 |
| • Rank | 8th |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Romanians | 86.3% |
| • Hungarians | 6.7% |
| • Roma | 2.5% |
| • Germans | 1.4% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €25.846 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | RO42 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.886[3] very high · 3rd |
| Website | http://www.adr5vest.ro/ |
Counties
editThe Vest region is made up of the following counties:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Population at 1 December 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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