Cahul County

Județul Cahul

County (Județ)

Coat of arms

Country

Romania

Historic region

Bessarabia

Capital city (Reședință de județ)

Cahul

Established

1925

Ceased to exist

Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938

Area

• Total

4,442 km² (1,715 sq mi)

Population (1930)

• Total

194,631

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Cahul County was a county of Bessarabia. In the Middle Ages, its territory belonged to the Fălciu County, but after the annexation of Bessarabia by the Russian Empire in 1812 it became a county by itself.

Before 1940

Two smaller, Codru County and Greceni County were merged into it in 1818. Cahul County was part of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire (1812–1856), of the Principality of Moldavia (1856–1859), then or Romania (1859–1878). In 1878, it was again annexed by the Russians, who merged it with the Ismail County. After the Union of Bessarabia with Romania in 1918, the county was again formed.

Neighbours

The county neighboured the counties of Cetatea Albă and Tighina to the east, Lăpușna to the north, County, Tutova and Covurlui to the west, and Ismail to the south.

Administration

The county consisted of five districts (plăṣi):

After 1938

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties of Brăila, Covurlui, Fălciu, Ismail, Putna, Râmnicu Sărat, Tecuci, Tulcea and Tutova to form Ținutul Dunării.

After 1940

Subsequent to the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina in 1940, counties were abolished, and smaller raion subdivisions were introduced. After the independence, the Republic of Moldova reintroduced counties in 1998, but cancelled them in 2003. Just before that, a small part, which became known as Taraclia County was split from the Cahul County.

Historical counties of Romania

Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Baia Bălți Bihor Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Cahul Caliacra Câmpulung Caraș Cernăuți Cetatea Albă Ciuc Cluj Constanța Covurlui Dâmbovița Dolj Dorohoi Durostor Făgăraș Fălciu Gorj Hotin Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Ismail Lăpușna Maramureș Mehedinți Mureș Muscel Năsăud Neamț Odorhei Olt Orhei Prahova Putna Rădăuți Râmnicu Sărat Roman Romanați Satu Mare Sălaj Severin Sibiu Someș Soroca Storojineț Suceava Târnava-Mare Târnava-Mică Tecuci Teleorman Tighina Timiș-Torontal Trei Scaune Tulcea Turda Tutova Vaslui Vâlcea Vlașca

Coordinates: 45°50′N 28°20′E / 45.833°N 28.333°E / 45.833; 28.333

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.