Lăpușna County was a
county (
Romanian: ''
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 com ...
'') in
Moldova from 1998 to 2003, with the seat at
Hîncești. It bordered the counties of
Ungheni,
Chișinău County
Chișinău was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 382,400. Its capital was Chișinău, which was not part of the county.
It was bordered by the counties of Orhei, Ungheni, Lăpușna, and Tighina, and by Transnistr ...
,
Tighina, and
Cahul
Cahul (; also known by other alternative names) is a city and municipality in southern Moldova. The city is the administrative center of Cahul District; it also administers one village, Cotihana. As of 2014 census, the city has had a populatio ...
, the autonomous region of
Gagauzia
Gagauzia or Gagauz-Yeri, or ; ro, Găgăuzia; russian: Гагаузия, Gagauziya officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia; ro, Unitatea Teritorială Autonomă Găgăuzia, ''UTAG''; russian: Автономное территор ...
in Moldova,
Ukraine (on the southeast), and
România (on the west).
Geography
In the county were 149 localities of which five were cities:
Basarabeasca,
Cimișlia,
Iargara,
Hîncești, and
Leova
Leova (russian: Леóва) is a city in Moldova, located 92 km southwest of the national capital, Chișinău. It is the administrative center of Leova District. The city is situated on the east bank of the river Prut bordering Romania.
His ...
.
References
Counties of Moldova Statoids.com
Counties of Moldova
Counties of Bessarabia
1998 establishments in Moldova
2003 disestablishments in Moldova
States and territories established in 1998
States and territories disestablished in 2003
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