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Administrative map of Romania with Bihor county highlighted
Bihor is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Oradea (population: 206,527). Its common abbreviation is BH.
Demographics
In 2002, Bihor had a population of 600,223 and the population density was 79.56/km². There were 291,613 males and 308,610 females. The county was inhabited by 969 foreign citizens (0.0016% of the population) in 2002. Bihor is among the wealthiest counties in Romania.
Ethnicity
The following ethnicities make up the population of Bihor, as of the 2002 census:
- Romanians: 404,537 (67.40%)
- Hungarians: 155,554 (25.91%)
- Roma: 30,237 (5.00%)
- Slovaks: 7,361 (1.22%)
- Germans: 1,137 (0.19%)
- Jews: 242
- Ukrainians: 174
- Greeks: 71
- Russians: 63
- Bulgarians: 31
- Serbs: 31
- Polish: 21
- Turks: 15
- Czechs: 14
- Armenians: 11
- Croats: 3
Religion
The following religions make up the population of Bihor, as of the 2002 census:
- Romanian Orthodox: 357,996 (59.6%)
- Reformed: 107,817 (18.0%)
- Roman Catholic: 55,555 (9.3%)
- Pentecostal: 34,460 (5.7%)
- Baptist: 22,366 (3.7%)
- Greek Catholic: 14,086 (2.3%)
- Seventh Day Adventist: 1,858 (0.3%)
- Atheist: 1,155 (0.2%)
- Jewish: 210
- Islam: 175
- Total Protestant: 166,501 (27.7%)
Geography
This county has a total area of ].
List of cities in Bihor county
Communes in Bihor county
This is a list of communes and villages in Bihor county: