Official Name: | Ținutul Bucegi |
Other Name: | Ținutul Argeș |
Settlement Type: | Land (Ținut) |
Subdivision Type1: | Former counties included |
Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital city (Reședință de ținut) |
Government Type: | Rezident Regal |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 14 August 1938 |
Established Title2: | Ceased to exist |
Established Date2: | 22 September 1940 |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Ținutul Bucegi (draft version: Ținutul Argeș) was one of the ten Romanian ținuturi ("lands") founded in 1938, after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration.[1] Named after the Bucegi Mountains and extending over historical areas of Wallachia and South-Eastern Transylvania, it had its capital in the city of Bucharest. Ținutul Bucegi ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania (Second Vienna Award) and the king's abdication in 1940.[2]
The coat of arms consisted of ten bars, five of azure and five of argent, representing the former ten counties (județe) of Greater Romania (71 in total in 1938) included in it, charged with or eagle wings displayed facing dexter with an or Latin cross in the beak (elements taken from Wallachia's historical coat of arms) standing over five peaks argent representing the Bucegi Mountains.[3]
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, out of the older 71 counties, Ținutul Bucegi incorporated 10:[4]