Teleorman County

Teleorman County is a county of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name Teleorman is of Cumanic origin. It literally means wild/crazy forest and, by extension, "thick and shadowy forest" in the Cuman language. It can be encountered in other toponyms, such as the Turkish name of the Lud…
Teleorman County is a county of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name Teleorman is of Cumanic origin. It literally means wild/crazy forest and, by extension, "thick and shadowy forest" in the Cuman language. It can be encountered in other toponyms, such as the Turkish name of the Ludogorie Plateau in northeastern Bulgaria, Deliorman.
  • Capital: Alexandria
  • Country: Romania
  • Development region: Sud
  • Historical region: Muntenia
  • Telephone code: (+40) 247 or (+40) 347
  • ISO 3166 code: RO-TR (TR county)
  • GDP (nominal): US$ 1.93 billion (2015)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org