Cetatea Albă County
Județul Cetatea-Albă | ||
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County (Județ) | ||
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Country | Romania | |
Historic region | Bessarabia | |
Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Cetatea-Albă | |
Established | 1925 | |
Ceased to exist | Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938 | |
Government | ||
• Type | Prefect | |
Area | ||
• Land | 7,595 km2 (2,932 sq mi) | |
Population | ||
• Total | 340,459 (1,930 Census) | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Cetatea-Albă was a county (județ) of Romania, in Bessarabia, with the capital city at Cetatea-Albă.
Neighbours
The county neighboured Odessa Oblast of USSR to the east, the Black Sea to the south-east, the counties of Tighina to the north, Ismail to the south and Cahul to the west.
Administration
The county consisted of six districts (plăṣi) : Cazaci, Tarutina, Taslâc (with the seat at Arciz), Tatar-Bunar, Tuzla (with the seat at Cetatea-Albă) and Volințiri. Between 1918 and 1930 it comprised eight districts:
- Arciz
- Cazaci
- Ivăneștii Noi
- Liman (with the seat at Cetatea-Albă)
- Sărata (with the seat at Bairamcea)
- Tarutina
- Tuzla
- Volințiri
Coat of arms
The Coat of Arms featured a tree on the sinister and the fortress of Cetatea-Albă on the dexter.
Population
According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Cetatea Albă County was 340,459, of which 20.9% were ethnic Bulgarians, 20.5% ethnic Ukrainians, 18.5% Romanians, 17.3% Russians 16.3% ethnic Germans, 3.3% Jews, 3.3% Gagauz and 0.1% Armenians. Classified by religion: 79.0% were Orthodox Christian, 16.3% Lutheran, 4.7% Jews.
After 1938
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties of Lăpușna, Orhei and Tighina to form Ținutul Nistru.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interwar Cetatea Albă County. |
- (Romanian) Județul Cetatea Alba (Romanian)