Constanța Region

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Regiunea Constanța (1952–1960) Regiunea Dobrogea (1960–1968)
Region (Regiune)
Country	People's Republic of Romania
Historic region	Dobruja
Region seat (reședință de regiune)	Constanța
Established	1950
Ceased to exist	1968
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Regiunea Constanța (Constanța Region) was one of the 1950 new administrative Soviet-style divisions of the People's Republic of Romania.

History[]

The seat of the region was Constanța, and at first, its territory comprised an area a bit larger than the nowadays Constanța County. In 1952, it included the Fetești raion of the dissolved , that was later (1960) incorporated into the București region. In 1960 it merged with the South-Eastern raions of the to form Dobrogea region, comprising the area of the nowadays Constanța and Tulcea counties (Northern Dobruja).

Neighbors[]

Constanța region had as neighbors:

• 1950–1952: East: the Black Sea; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: ; North: ;
• 1952–1960: East: the Black Sea; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: București region; North: ;
• 1960–1968: East: the Black Sea; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: București and regions; North: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Raions[]

• 1950–1952: Constanța, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârșova, Istria;
• 1952–1960: Constanța, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârșova, Istria, Fetești;
• 1960–1968: Constanța, Negru Vodă, Adamclisi, Medgidia, Hârșova, Istria, Fetești, Măcin, Tulcea.