Cetatea Albă County

Judeţul Cetatea-Albă
—  County (Judeţ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Historic region	Bessarabia
Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ)	Cetatea-Albă
Established	1925
Ceased to exist	Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938
Government
– Type	Prefect
Area
– Land	7,595 km2 (2,932.4 sq mi)
Population
– Total	340,459 (1,930 Census)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Cetatea-Albă was a county (judeţ) 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 6 districts (plăṣi) : Cazaci, Tarutina, Taslâc (with the seat at Arciz), Tatar-Bunar, Tuzla (with the seat at Cetatea-Albă) and Volinţiri. Between 1918-1930 it comprised 8 districts:

• Arciz
• Cazaci
• Ivăneştii Noi
• Liman (with the seat at Cetatea-Albă)
• Sărata (with the seat at Bairamcea)
• Tarutina
• Tuzla
• Volinţiri

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 Lăpuşna, Orhei and Tighina to form Ţinutul Nistru.

External links

• (Romanian) Judetul Cetatea Alba (Romanian)