| Official Name: | Ținutul Olt |
| Other Name: | Ținutul Jiu |
| Settlement Type: | Land (Ținut) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Former counties included |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wallachia (Oltenia) |
| 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 Olt (draft version: Ținutul Jiu) 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] Roughly corresponding to the historical region of Oltenia and named after the Olt River and the Jiu River, it had its capital in the city of Craiova. Ținutul Olt ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to the Axis powers and the king's abdication in 1940.[2]
The coat of arms consists of six bars, three of gules and three of or, representing the former seven counties (județe) 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).[3]
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, out of the older 71 counties, Ținutul Olt incorporated 6 of them:[4]
