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Sălaj County Council
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Economics and investment opportunities

Resources
Sălaj has a wide range of soil and
subsoil resources.

Water resources are represented
by surface water and groundwater,
which provide both water supply to
the population and technological
water for industry or agriculture.
From the perspective of water re-
sources, the county is divided be-
tween Someş-Tisa Hydrographic
Basin (88,5 % of the territory) and
Crişuri Hydrographic Basin
(11,5 %).
Someș River, Sălaj

Agricultural land, Sălaj Natural raw material resources are varied and in-
clude: lignite, brown coal, hydrocarbons, carbonifer-
ous shale, gypsum, alabaster, diorite (natural stone
for exterior paving, aggregates for rockfill and civil
and road construction), gnose, mica, limestone, clay,
caolinous sand, siliceous sand, quartz sand, kaolin,
volcanic tuff and river aggregates.

A significant area of 106 336 ha representing 27,5 %
of the total area of the county is occupied by forests,
of which over 90 % are deciduous (common beech,
common oak, seassile, hornbeam, hungarian oak,
turkey oak, ash, lime tree, wych elm, sycamore etc.).
In addition, in Sălaj County there are 241 112 ha of
agricultural land , which represents 62,35 % of its ad-
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ministrative area, most of which are used as arable
land (49,76 % of the total), pastures and meadows
(47,01 %), vineyards and orchards (3,23 %).

Sălaj County has a special potential Agricultural land, Sălaj
for thermomineral waters used for
therapeutic purposes, especially bi-
carbonated waters with tempera-
tures between 23 °C - 42 °C and
balneotherapeutic, sulphate and
sulphurous mineral waters. They are
recovered partially and represents
great potential for balneary tourism
development in the county, being in
the settlements: Bizușa Baths, Jibou,
Șimleu Silvaniei, Bobota, Boghiş,
Meseşenii de Sus and Zalnoc .
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7 Sălaj County Development Strategy 2015-2020
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