- Ţinutul Timiş
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official_name = Ţinutul Timiş
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settlement_type = Region ("Ţinut")
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subdivision_type = Country
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subdivision_type1 = Former counties included
subdivision_name1 =Arad County ,Caraş County ,Hunedoara County ,Severin County ,Timiş-Torontal County
subdivision_type2 = Historic region
subdivision_name2 =Transylvania (Banat )
subdivision_type3 = Capital city ("Reşedinţă de ţinut")
subdivision_name3 =Timişoara
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government_type = Rezident Regal
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established_title = Established
established_date = The administrative reform of 1938
established_title2 = Cesed to exist
established_date2 = Territorial loss and new administrative law (1940)
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timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = EEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
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website =Ţinutul Timiş was one of the ten
Romania n "ţinuturi" founded in1938 , after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. It comprised the RomanianBanat and part ofTransylvania , and was named after theTimiş River ; its capital was the city ofTimişoara .Coat of arms
The Coat of arms consists of five bars, three of
gules and two ofazure , representing the former five counties ("judeţe") ofGreater Romania (of the total 71) that were included in the "ţinut". Over the bars is asable raven facing dexter, holding in its beak a sable ring, recalling a legend regardingJohn Hunyadi 's son and his mother's ring (events linked to the city ofHunedoara ).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.
*Arad County
*Caraş County
*Hunedoara County
*Severin County
*Timiş-Torontal County ee also
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Vest (development region)
*Banat
*History of Transylvania
*History of Romania External links
* [http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaEthno/politicalmap/Romania_1939.gifMap]
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