Regiunea București (București/Bucharest region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative

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of the

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, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organization.

History

The capital of the region was

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, and at first, its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Ilfov and Giurgiu counties. In 1952 it assimilated the dissolved Ialomița Region (without

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s Fetești, to Constanța Region, and Urziceni, to Ploiești Region; both taken in 1960) and Teleorman regions, reaching an area slightly smaller than nowadays Ialomița,

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, Ilfov, Giurgiu, and Teleorman counties.

Neighbors

București region had as neighbors: *1950–1952: East: Ialomița Region; South:

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; West: Teleorman Region; North:

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and

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. *1952–1960: East: Constanța Region; South:

; West: Craiova Region; North: Pitești Region, Ploiești Region, and Galați Region. *1960–1968: East: Dobrogea Region; South:

; West: Oltenia Region; North:

, Ploiești Region, and Galați Region.

Raions

*1950–1952: București, Giurgiu, Mihăilești, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brănești, Oltenița, Vidra. *1952–1960: București, Giurgiu, Mihăilești, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brănești, Oltenița, Vidra, Slobozia, Călărași, Lehliu, Vida, Alexandria, Zimnicea, Vârtoapele, Roșiori de Vede, Drăgănești, Turnu Măgurele. *1960–1968: București, Giurgiu, Mihăilești, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brănești, Oltenița, Vidra, Slobozia, Călărași, Lehliu, Vida, Alexandria, Zimnicea, Vârtoapele, Roșiori de Vede, Drăgănești, Turnu Măgurele, Fetești, Urziceni. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bucuresti Region Regions of the People's Republic of Romania