''Regiunea'' Constanța (Constanța Region) was one of the 1950 new administrative Soviet-style
divisions of the
People's Republic of Romania
The Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian Peop ...
.
History
The seat of the region was
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
, and at first, its territory comprised an area a bit larger than the nowadays
Constanța County
Constanța () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 684,082 and the population density was 96/km2. The degr ...
. In 1952, it included the
Fetești
Fetești () is a city in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in the Bărăgan plain, on the Borcea branch of the Danube. Fetești has the second largest population in Ialomița, after Slobozia.
In 1895, the King Carol I rai ...
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
of the dissolved
Ialomița region Ialomița may refer to:
* Ialomița County - a county of Romania
* Ialomița River - a river of Southern Romania that rises from the Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south o ...
, that was later (1960) incorporated into the
București region
Regiunea București (București/Bucharest region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organization.
History
The capital of the r ...
. In 1960 it merged with the South-Eastern raions of the
Galați region
Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most part ...
to form Dobrogea region, comprising the area of the nowadays
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
and
Tulcea
Tulcea (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 73,707 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city.
Names
T ...
counties (
Northern Dobruja
Northern Dobruja ( ro, Dobrogea de Nord or simply ; bg, Северна Добруджа, ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in the south ...
).
Neighbors
Constanța region had as neighbors:
* 1950–1952: East:
the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West:
Ialomița region Ialomița may refer to:
* Ialomița County - a county of Romania
* Ialomița River - a river of Southern Romania that rises from the Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south o ...
; North:
Galați region
Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most part ...
;
* 1952–1960: East:
the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West:
București region
Regiunea București (București/Bucharest region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organization.
History
The capital of the r ...
; North:
Galați region
Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most part ...
;
* 1960–1968: East:
the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Regiunea București, București and Regiunea Galați, Galați regions; North: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Raions
* 1950–1952: Constanța, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârșova, Istria;
* 1952–1960: Constanța, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârșova, Istria, Fetești;
* 1960–1968: Constanța, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârșova, Istria, Fetești, Măcin, Tulcea.
References
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Regions of the People's Republic of Romania