Muntenia

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Muntenia (Romanian pronunciation: [munˈteni.a], also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, usually considered Wallachia-proper (Muntenia, Țara Românească, and the seldom used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian). It is situated between the Danube (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia (or Lesser Wallachia). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret.

Geography

Constantin Lecca: "Moldavians and Muntenians become brothers"

Muntenia includes ten counties entirely:

and parts of three others:

Vrancea (southern part)
Vâlcea (eastern part)
Olt (eastern part)

Romania's capital city, Bucharest, is situated in Muntenia. Other important cities are:

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wooden churches in Muntenia.

Historical regions in Romania

Banat (1918–)^a	Banat^f

Dobruja (1878–)	Northern Dobruja Southern Dobruja (1913–16; 1919–40)

Moldavia (1859–)^b	Bessarabia (1918–40; 1941–44)^c Bukovina^d Hertza (1859–1940; 1941–44) Western Moldavia

Transylvania (1918–)^a^e	Crișana^f Maramureș^g

Wallachia (1859–)^b	Muntenia Oltenia

^aDe jure since 1920 ^bDe jure since 1862 ^cCahul, Bolgrad and Ismail in Romania (1859–78) ^dSouthern Bukovina in Romania (1918–); Northern Bukovina in Romania (1918–40; 1941–44) ^eNorthern Transylvania in Hungary (1940–44) ^fOnly the eastern part ^gOnly the southern part

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