Mureș is a Romanian county in the historical region of Transylvania with the capital of the Târgu Mureș district. It is named after the Mureș river of the same name, its common abbreviation and license plate are MS. Mureș County borders Bistri ima-Năsăud County to the north and northwest. Moreover, it is bordered to the north by the Suceava district, to the east by the Harghita district, to the south by the Brașov and Sibiu districts, the latter to the west and also to the west by the Alba district.