The ''Enciclopedia României'' is an encyclopedia published between 1938 and 1943. Only four of the projected six volumes were published.Enciclopedia Romaniei ca forma de recuperare a memoriei
10/02/2011, Doru TOMPEA, ziaruldeiasi.ro, accesat la 9 decembrie 2011

Dimitrie Gusti Dimitrie Gusti (; 13 February 1880 – 30 October 1955) was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister ...

planned the encyclopedia in three section in its proposed six volumes.Marea Enciclopedie a României
/ref> *The first two volumes covered political-administrative organization. Vol. 1 The State. Vol. 2 Counties and cities. **Volume 1 is entitled ''State'' and is dedicated to the history, geography, political system, legal system, administrative, religion, diplomacy of Romania
/ref> ** Volume 2 is entitled ''Romanian Country '' and concerns the

administrative divisions of Romania Romania's administration is relatively centralized and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified. According to the Constitution of Romania, its territory is organized administratively into communes, cities and counties: * A ...

. *The second two volumes covered economics. Vol. 3 National economy. Vol. 4 Business and Economic Institute. ** Volume 3 is entitled ''National Economy'' and follows a description of economic geography, the population, economic legislation and production. ** Volume 4 is entitled ''The domestic economy. Circulation, distribution and consumption''; themes included transportation, communications, domestic and foreign trade, units and securities, credit, public finances and consumption. *The last two volumes were to cover culture. Vol. 5 National culture. Vol. 6 Cultural institutions and personalities. The encyclopedia was edited by the Scientific Association under the patronage of His Majesty

Carol II of Romania Carol II (4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930, until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I, in 1914. He was the f ...

, work was coordinated by Professor Dimitrie Gusti. Contributors included

Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet and playwright. Co-founder (in 1910) of the Democratic Nationalist Party (PND), he served as a member of Parliament ...

Constantin Rădulescu-Motru Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (; born Constantin Rădulescu, he added the surname ''Motru'' in 1892; February 15, 1868 – March 6, 1957) was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as Left-win ...

Virgil Madgearu Virgil Traian N. Madgearu (; December 14, 1887 – November 27, 1940) was a Romanian economist, sociologist, and left-wing politician, prominent member and main theorist of the Peasants' Party and of its successor, the National Peasants' Par ...

, Constantin C. Giurescu, Mircea Vulcănescu,

Dan Botta Dan Botta (; September 26, 1907 – January 13, 1958) was a Romanian poet and essayist. Life Born in Adjud, his parents were the physician Theodor Botta and his wife Aglaia (''née'' de Franceschi), an orphanage director; his brother was po ...

Constantin Moisil Constantin C. Moisil (December 8, 1876–October 22, 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian archivist, historian, numismatist and schoolteacher. Born in Năsăud, in the Transylvania region, his grandfather Grigore Moisil was a priest; ...

Cezar Petrescu Cezar Petrescu (; December 1, 1892–March 9, 1961) was a Romanian journalist, novelist, and children's literature, children's writer. He was born in Cotnari, Hodora, Iași County, the son of Dimitrie Petrescu, an engineer and a teacher. Af ...

. The work consists of more than 5,000 pages, 800 color plates, 800 maps, 6,000 photographs and drawings. The encyclopedia was republished at the end of 2010, in the context of a project supported by University Petre Andrei.

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