Ținutul Crișuri (or Ținutul Someș) was one of the ten ''ținuturi'' ("lands") of Romania, founded in 1938 after

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Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. It comprised parts of

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, and included the entire regions of Crișana and Maramureș. It was named after the rivers

Crișul Alb The Crișul Alb (Romanian), ( Hungarian: Fehér-Körös) is a river in western Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, and in south-eastern Hungary (Békés County). Its source is in the southern Apuseni Mountains (Romanian: Munții A ...

Crișul Negru The Crișul Negru (Black Criș) (Romanian), ( hu, Fekete-Körös) is a river in western Romania (Transylvania) and south-eastern Hungary (Békés County). The river has its source in the western Apuseni Mountains. It flows through the towns Ștei ...

, and Crișul Repede; its capital was the city of

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. ''Ținutul Crișuri'' ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to

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in 1940.

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms is composed of 7 sinister bends, 4 of

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and 3 of

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, representing the former seven counties (județe) of the

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(71 in total in 1938) it included. Over the mirror bends there is a

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head (in reference to

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Dragoș of Maramureș, and to the symbol of

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- see

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Former counties incorporated

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the older 71 counties lost their authority. * Bihor County * Cluj County * Maramureș County * Sălaj County * Satu Mare County * Someș County *

Turda County Turda County was a county (Romanian: ''județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania, as successor to Torda-Aranyos County in Austria-Hungary. Its capital was Turda. Geography Turda County covered and was located in central western part of Greater Romania, ...

In 1939

was ceded to ''

Ținutul Mureș Ținutul Mureș (or Ținutul Alba Iulia) was one of the ten ''ținuturi'' ("lands") of Romania, founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. It ...

'' in exchange for Năsăud County.

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Coat of arms

Former counties incorporated

See also

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