Alba County trip planner

Alba is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, its capital city being Alba-Iulia with a population of 63,536.Name"Alba" means "white" in Latin and is derived from the name of the city Alba Iulia. In Hungarian, it is known as Fehér megye, and in German as Kreis Karlsburg.DemographicsIn October 31, 2011, it had a population of 327,224 and the population density was 52/km². Romanians - 89.9% Hungarians - 4.8% Romani - 4.7% Germans - 0.2%GeographyThis county has a total area of 6,242 km², with mountains occupying about 59% of its surface.In the northwestern part there are the Apuseni Mountains, in the southern part there is the northeastern side of the Parâng group - Șureanu and Cindrel Mountains. In the east there is the Transylvanian Plateau with deep but wide valleys. The three main elements are separated by the Mureș River valley.The main rivers are the Mureș River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeș and the Arieș.