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Chilia County
Chilia County ( ro, Județul Chilia or ) was a county (județ) of Kingdom of Romania, Romania part of the Bessarabia Governorate (Romania), Bessarabia Governorate. Having lost Bessarabia in 1940 following an ultimatum by the Soviet Union (USSR), Romania recovered the region in 1941 following the Operation Barbarossa, Axis invasion of the USSR during World War II. Chilia County was the only Romanian county in Bessarabia that had not been created earlier in the administrative reform of 1930. Chilia County was divided into three ''Plasă, plăși'' ("districts"), Plasa Chilia (Capital city, capital Chilia or Chilia Nouă, now Kiliia; composed of 17 Communes of Romania, communes with a total of 26 villages), Plasa Tarutino (capital Tarutino or Ancecrac, now Tarutyne; composed of 12 communes with a total of 20 villages) and Plasa Tătărești (capital Tătărești, Cahul, Tătărești, composed of 16 communes with a total of 25 villages). In 1944, Romania abandoned the Axis powers, Axi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Județ
A ''județ'' (, plural ) is an administrative division in Romania, and was also used from 1940 to 1947 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1998 to 2003 in Moldova. ''Județ'' translates into English as "jurisdiction", but is commonly rendered as county (the preferred term for that being ''comitat'' in Romanian). There are 41 ''județe'' in Romania, divided into municipii (municipalities), ''orașe'' (cities) and ''comune'' (communes). Each ''județ'' has a county seat (''reședință de județ'') which serves as its administrative capital; this designation usually belongs to the largest and most developed city in the respective county. The central government is represented by one prefect in every ''județ''. Bucharest, the capital, is its own ''județ''. It also acts as the county seat of Ilfov. Etymology In the Romanian Principalities, the ''județ'' was an office with administrative and judicial functions, corresponding to both judge and mayor. The word is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Disestablishments In Romania
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * January 14 – WWII: So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
