| Official Name: | Ținutul Prut |
| Settlement Type: | Land (Ținut) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Former counties included |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Moldavia (Western Moldavia and Bessarabia) |
| 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 Prut 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] It comprised parts of central Moldavia (and central Bessarabia), and was named after the Prut River; its capital was the city of Iași. Ținutul Prut ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to the Soviet Union and the king's abdication in 1940.[2]
The coat of arms is party per cross in nine equal squares, representing the former nine counties (județe) of Greater Romania (71 in total) which it included. The four of the squares forming the arms of the cross are of argent; all other squares are gules. The four argent squares bear a sable aurochs head (the symbol of Moldavia - see Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia).[3]
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, of the older 71 counties Ținutul Prut included 9:[4]
