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Template:Titlelacksdiacritics Timiş (Hungarian: Temes) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Banat region, with the capital city at Timişoara (population: 305,977 - January 1st 2004). Its common abbreviation is TM.

The name of the county comes from the river Timiş, known in Roman Antiquity as river Tibisis or Tibiscus.


Demographics

In 2000, it had a population of 684,506 and the population density was 79/km².

In 2004, it had a population of 659,512 and the population density was 75,8/km².

Geography

SURFACE: This county has a total area of ] (3,6% of Romania). It is the largest county in Romania.


NEIGHBOURS:

N - Arad county

E - Hunedoara county

S, SW - Caraş-Severin

W, SW - The border with Serbia and Montenegro

NW - The border with Hungary


CITIES AND VILLAGES: In this county there are 10 cities and 84 communes with 313 villages.

List of cities in Timiş county and their population in 2004

Communes and villages

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