Ţinutul Jiu

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official_name = Ţinutul Jiu
other_name = Ţinutul Olt
settlement_type = Region ("Ţinut")


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subdivision_name1 = Dolj County, Gorj County, Mehedinţi County, Olt County, Romanaţi County, Vâlcea County
subdivision_type2 = Historic region
subdivision_name2 = Wallachia (Oltenia)
subdivision_type3 = Capital city ("Reşedinţă de ţinut")
subdivision_name3 = Craiova
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established_date = The administrative reform of 1938
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Ţinutul Jiu (or "Ţinutul Olt") was one of the ten Romanian "ţinuturi" founded in 1938, after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. Roughly corresponding to the historical region of Oltenia and named after the Jiu River, it had its capital in the city of Craiova.

Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms consists of seven bars, three of gules and four of or, representing the former seven counties ("judeţe") of Greater Romania (71 in total) which it had included. Over the bars there is an or lion rampant langued and armed sable, facing dexter (the symbol of Oltenia).

Former counties incorporated

After the 1938 "Administrative and Constitutional Reform", the older 71 counties lost their authority. The list below just helps drawing the map.
* Dolj County
* Gorj County
* Mehedinţi County
* Olt County
* Romanaţi County
* Vâlcea County

ee also

* Sud-Vest (development region)
* History of Romania

External links

* [http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaEthno/politicalmap/Romania_1939.gifMap]