Official Name: | Ținutul Someș |
Other Name: | Ținutul Crișuri |
Settlement Type: | Land (Ținut) |
Subdivision Type1: | Former counties included |
Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
Subdivision Name2: | Transylvania (Maramureș, Crișana) |
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 |
Area Total Km2: | 33385 |
Population As Of: | 1938 (?) |
Population Total: | 2.143.453 |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Ținutul Someș was one of the ten ținuturi ("lands") of Romania, 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 Transylvania, and included the entire regions of Crișana and Maramureș. It was named after the rivers Someș, Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede; its capital was the city of Cluj. Ținutul Someș ceased to exist de facto following the territorial losses of Romania to Hungary in 1940, and de jure on 22 September 1940.[2]
The Coat of Arms is composed of 7 sinister bends, 4 of gules and 3 of azure, representing the former seven counties (județe) of the Greater Romania (71 in total in 1938) it included. Over the mirror bends there is a sable aurochs head (in reference to Voivode Dragoș of Maramureș, and to 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 Someș included 7:[4]