The development regions of Romania ( ro, Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight regional divisions created in

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in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the

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(EU). The development regions correspond to

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-level divisions in

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. Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating EU

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funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and became members of the

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when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.

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There are eight development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country: *RO1 – Macroregiunea Unu: ** Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,600,132 inhabitants; ** Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,360,805 inhabitants; *RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi: ** Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,302,217 inhabitants; ** Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,545,923 inhabitants; *RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei: ** Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 3,136,446 inhabitants; ** București - Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,272,163 inhabitants; *RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru: ** Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 2,075,642 inhabitants; ** Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,828,313 inhabitants;

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