Constanţa Region

Regiunea Constanţa (1952-1960) Regiunea Dobrogea (1960-1968)
—  Region (Regiune)  —
Country	People's Republic of Romania
Historic region	Dobruja
Region seat (Reşedinţă de regiune)	Constanţa
Established	1950
Ceased to exist	1968
Government
- Prime-secretary of the Romanian Communist Party
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Regiunea Constanţa (Constanţa Region) was one of the 1950 new administrative Soviet-style divisions of the People's Republic of Romania.

History

The seat of the region was Constanţa, and at first, its territory comprised an area a bit larger than the nowadays Constanţa County. In 1952 it included the Feteşti raion of the dissolved Ialomiţa region, that was later (1960) incorporated into the Bucureşti region. In 1960 it merged with the South-Eastern raions of the Galaţi region to form Dobrogea region, comprising the area of the nowadays Constanţa and Tulcea counties.

Neighbors

Constanţa region had as neighbors:

• 1950 - 1952: East: the Black Sea; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Ialomiţa region; North: Galaţi region.
• 1952 - 1960: East: the Black Sea; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Bucureşti region; North: Galaţi region.
• 1960 - 1968: East: the Black Sea; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Bucureşti and Galaţi regions; North: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Raions

• 1950 - 1952: Constanţa, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârşova, Istria.
• 1952 - 1960: Constanţa, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârşova, Istria, Feteşti.
• 1960 - 1968: Constanţa, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârşova, Istria, Feteşti, Măcin, Tulcea.