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Administrative Divisions:
Modern Romania has nine regions: Banat, Bucovina, Crişana, Dobrogea, Maramureş, Muntenia, Moldavia, Oltenia, Transylvania.

Romanian Counties:
These nine regions are divided into 41 counties (judete), plus the capital of Bucharest (Bucureşti), with similar county status:
Alba, Arad, Argeş, Bacău, Bihor, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Brăila, Braşov, Botoşani, Buzău, Călăraşi, Caraş-Severin, Cluj, Constanţa, Covasna, Dîmboviţa, Dolj, Galaţi, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomiţa, Iaşi, Ilfov (Bucharest county), Maramureş, Mehedinţi, Mureş, Neamţ, Olt, Prahova, Sălaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiş, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vîlcea, Vrancea.

Moldova:
In addition to modern Romania, the JewishGen Romania Database also includes the country of Moldova &mdash which was Bessarabia Gubernia of the Russian Empire before WWI.  Moldova was a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire until 1812.  It was in the Russian Empire between 1812-1856 and 1878-1918 (as Bessarabia gubernia), and was part of Romania for 1856-1878 and 1918-1940 (as the province of Basarabia).  Moldova became a republic of the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) in 1940, and then became independant in 1991.

Regions for the JewishGen Romania Database

There are ten regions for the JewishGen Romania Database.  There are nine regions of modern Romania, and one in modern Moldova.  Here are the nine regions in modern Romania.  Following the region name is a list of the contained modern counties (judete).

• Banat: (Timiş, Caraş-Severin).
• Bucovina: (Botoşani, Suceava).
• Crişana: (Arad, Bihor).
• Dobrogea: (Constanţa, Tulcea).
• Maramureş: (Maramureş, Satu Mare).
• Muntenia: (Argeş, Brăila, Buzău, Dîmboviţa, Ialomiţa, Ilfov, Prahova, Teleorman, Călăraşi, Giurgiu).
• Moldavia: (Bacău, Galaţi, Iaşi, Neamţ, Vaslui, Vrancea).
• Oltenia: (Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinţi, Olt, Vîlcea).
• Transylvania: (Alba, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Braşov, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Mureş, Sălaj, Sibiu).

Moldova: The modern nation of Moldova consists of most of the former Russian Empire gubernia of Bessarabia, plus tiny portions of Podolia gubernia (Olgopol and Balta uyezds) and Kherson gubernia (Tiraspol uyezd).  Small parts of former Bessarabia gubernia (most of Khotin, Izmail, and Akkerman uyezds) are now in Ukraine.  Bessarabia gubernia contained eight districts (uyezds):

• Bessarabia: (Akkerman, Bieltsy, Bendery, Izmail, Khotin, Kishinev, Orgieev, Soroki).

JewishGen Database Sharing:

• Regions shared with the JewishGen Hungary Database (4): Banat, Crişana, Maramureş, Transylvania.
• Regions shared with the JewishGen Ukraine Database (2): Bukovina, Bessarabia.

Romanian Counties — Today (circa 2000):

Here are the modern counties (judete) of Romania, listed with their respective capital cities, and containing region.  The numbers are the administrative district code (ADM1) definitions from the United States Board on Geographic Names (USBGN):

# County Capital Region 01 Alba Alba Iulia Transylvania 02 Arad Arad Crişana 03 Argeş Piteşti Muntenia 04 Bacău Bacău Moldavia 05 Bihor Oradea Crişana 06 Bistriţa-Năsăud Bistriţa Transylvania 07 Botoşani Botoşani Bucovina 08 Brăila Brăila Muntenia 09 Braşov Braşov Transylvania 10 Bucureşti Bucureşti Bucureşti 11 Buzău Buzău Muntenia 12 Caraş-Severin Reşiţa Banat 13 Cluj Cluj-Napoca Transylvania 14 Constanţa Constanţa Dobrogea 15 Covasna Sfintu Gheorge Transylvania 16 Dîmboviţa Tirgovişte Muntenia 17 Dolj Craiova Oltenia 18 Galaţi Galaţi Moldavia 19 Gorj Tîrgu Jui Oltenia 20 Harghita Miercurea Ciuc Transylvania 21 Hunedoara Deva Transylvania

# County Capital Region 22 Ialomiţa Slobozia Muntenia 23 Iaşi Iaşi Moldavia 25 Maramureş Baia Mare Maramureş 26 Mehedinţi Drobeta-Turnu Severin Oltenia 27 Mureş Tirgu Mureş Transylvania 28 Neamţ Piatra Neamţ Moldavia 29 Olt Slatina Oltenia 30 Prahova Ploieşti Muntenia 31 Sălaj Zalău Transylvania 32 Satu Mare Satu-Mare Maramureş 33 Sibiu Sibiu Transylvania 34 Suceava Suceava Bucovina 35 Teleorman Alexandria Muntenia 36 Timiş Timişoara Banat 37 Tulcea Tulcea Dobrogea 38 Vaslui Vaslui Moldavia 39 Vîlcea Rîmnicu Vîlcea Oltenia 40 Vrancea Focşani Moldavia 41 Călăraşi Călăraşi Muntenia 42 Giurgiu Giurgiu Muntenia 43 Ilfov (Bucureşti) Muntenia

Romanian Counties — Between the Wars (circa 1930):

Between the two world wars, Romania was larger than it is today.  Romania consisted of its modern area, plus Bessarabia (from the Russian Empire, now in Moldova), and northern Bukovina (from the Austrian Empire, now in Ukraine), and southern Dobruja (now in Bulgaria).  In the 1920's, Romania was divided into 71 judets (administrative districts), as follows.  If the Capital is blank, then the capital city had the same name as the judet.

Romanian Counties — Before WWI (circa 1900):

Before WWI, Romania's territory was much smaller than it is today.  Much of today's northwestern Romania (Transylvania, Banat, Crişana, Maramureş) was in the Kingdom of Hungary, and Bucovina was in the Austrian Empire.  Romania was divided into 32 departments (judets):

Region Judet Capital  Moldavia  Bacău   Botoşani   Covurlui Galaţi Dorohoi   Fălciu Huşi Iaşi   Neamţ Piatra Putna Focşani Roman   Suceava Fălticeni Tecuci   Tutova Birlad Vaslui    Dobruja  Constanţa   Tulcea

Region Judet Capital  Wallachia   (Greater)  Argeş Piteşti Brăili   Buzău   Dîmboviţa Tirgovişte Iolamiţa Călăraşi Ilfov Bucareşti Muscel Cîmpulung Olt Slatina Prahova Ploieşti Rîmnicu Sărat   Teleorman Turnu Măgurele Vlaşca Giurgiu  Wallachia   (Lesser)  Dolj Craiova Gorj Tîrgu Jiu Mehedinţi Drobeta-Turnu-Severin Romanaţi Caracal Vîlcea Rîmnicu Vîlcea

The following Hungarian counties (circa 1900) became part of Romania in 1920:

Hungarian County circa 1900 Romanian County circa 1930 Krassó-Szörény Severin & Caraş Torontál & Temes Timiş-Torontal Arad Arad Bihar Bihor Máramaros Maramureş Szatmár & Ugocsa Satu-Mare Alsó-Fehér Alba Besztercze-Naszöd Năsăud Brassó Braşov Csik Ciuc Kolozs Cluj

Hungarian County circa 1900 Romanian County circa 1930 Fogaras Făgăraş Hunyad Hunedoara Maros-Torda Mureş Udvarhely Odorhei Szilágy Sălaj Szeben Sibiu Szolnok-Dobaka Someş Nagy-Küküllö Tîrnava Mare Kis-Küküllö Tîrnava Mica Háromszek Trei Scaune Torda-Aranyos Turda

Bessarabia: The region of Bessarabia was in the Russian Empire before WWI, in Romania between the two world wars, and is today mostly in Moldova.  Bessarabia Gubernia (Бессарабия губерния) contained 8 uyezds (districts):

Russian (pre-WWI)	Romanian (between wars)	Today	Other Names	Notes, Major Towns (Russian names in parentheses)
Akkerman Аккерман	Cetatea-Albă	Білгород-Дністровський Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiĭ, Ukr.	עיר לבן Ir Lavan [Heb], Akerman [Yid, Turk], Białogród nad Dniestrem [Pol], Walachisch Weißenburg [Ger]	In Ukraine, SW of Odesa.
Beltsy Бельцы	Bălţi	Бэлць Bălţi, Mold.	Belz [Yid], Bielce [Pol]	In N-Central Moldova.  Făleşti (Foleshty), Ungheni (Ungeny), Sculeni (Skulyany), Rîşcani (Ryshkanovka).
Bendery Бендеры	Tighina	Тигина Bender, Mold.	בענדער Bender [Yid]	In SE Moldova.  Basarabeasca (Romanovka), Cimişlia (Chimishliya), Căuşeni (Kaushany).
Izmail Измаил	Ismail	Ізмаїл Izmayil, Ukr.	İşmasıl [Turk], Ismajil [Ger], Izmaił [Pol]	Mostly in Ukraine, some in SW Moldova.  Kiliya, Leova (Leovo), Cahul (Kagul), Bolhrad (Bolgrad).
Khotin Хотин	Hotin	Хотин Khotin, Ukr.	חוטין [Heb], Chocim [Pol], Chotyn [Ger]	Mostly in Ukraine, some in NW Moldova.  Edineţ (Yedintsy), Briceni (Brichany), Lipcani (Lipkany), Sokiryany (Sekuryany), Novoseltsy.
Kishinev Кишинёв	Chişinău	Кишинэу Chişinău, Mold.	קעשענעוו Keshenev [Yid], Кишинів Kyshyniv [Ukr], Kischinew [Ger], Kiszyniów [Pol], Kišiněv [Cz], Kişinev [Turk].	In central Moldova.  Hînceşti (Ganchesty), Secăreni (Sekareny).
Orgeev Огреев	Orhei	Орхей Orhei, Mold.	אוריעװ Oriev, Orhaiv [Yid], Orgijów [Pol]	In E-Central Moldova.  Telenesti (Teleneshty), Calarasi (Kalarash / Tuzora), Rezina.
Soroki Сороки	Soroca	Сорока Soroca, Mold.	Soroka [Yid]	In N Moldova.  Otaci (Ataki), Briceva (Bricheva), Zguriţa (Zguritsa).

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