Editing Transylvania (section)

==Administrative divisions==
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The area of the historical Voivodeship is {{convert|55146|km2|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://romaniatraveltourism.com/node/326 Transilvania] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228094241/http://romaniatraveltourism.com/node/326 |date=2020-02-28 }} at romaniatraveltourism.com</ref>{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The regions granted to Romania in 1920 covered 23 counties including nearly {{convert|102200|km2|0|abbr=on}} (102,787–103,093&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in Hungarian sources and 102,282&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in contemporary Romanian documents). Nowadays, several administrative reorganisations make the territory cover 16 [[Counties of Romania|counties]] ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''[[județ]]''), with an area of {{convert|100290|km2|0|abbr=on}}, in central and northwest Romania.

The 16 counties are: [[Alba County|Alba]], [[Arad County|Arad]], [[Bihor County|Bihor]], [[Bistrița-Năsăud County|Bistrița-Năsăud]], [[Brașov County|Brașov]], [[Caraș-Severin County|Caraș-Severin]], [[Cluj County|Cluj]], [[Covasna County|Covasna]], [[Harghita County|Harghita]], [[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]], [[Maramureș County|Maramureș]], [[Mureș County|Mureș]], [[Sălaj County|Sălaj]], [[Satu Mare County|Satu Mare]], [[Sibiu County|Sibiu]], and [[Timiș County|Timiș]].

Transylvania contains both largely urban counties, such as Brașov and Hunedoara counties, as well as largely rural ones, such as Bistrița-Năsăud and Sălaj counties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/REZULTATE-DEFINITIVE-RPL_2011.pdf |title=Microsoft Word – REZULTATE DEFINITIVE RPL2011.doc |access-date=2018-04-17 |archive-date=2013-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717125951/http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/REZULTATE-DEFINITIVE-RPL_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since 1998, Romania has been divided into eight [[Development regions of Romania|development regions]], acting as divisions that coordinate and implement socio-economic development at regional level. Six counties (Alba, Brașov, Covasna, Harghita, Mureș and Sibiu) form the [[Centru (development region)|Centru development region]], another six (Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Cluj, Maramureș, Satu Mare, Sălaj) form the [[Nord-Vest (development region)|Nord-Vest development region]], while four (Arad, Caraș-Severin, Hunedoara, Timiș) form the [[Vest (development region)|Vest development region]].