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Bacău Region

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Regiunea Bacău (Bacău region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.

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History

The capital of the region was Bacău, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Bacău and Neamţ counties. In 1956 the region included raions Zeletin and Adjud from the dissolved Bârlad region and raion Roman from Iaşi region. In 1960 raion Zeletin was dissolved, most of the component communes passing to Adjud raion, and in 1964 Buhuşi raion was dissolved, and all its communes were included into Bacău and Piatra Neamţ raions.

Neighbors

Bacău region had as neighbors:

  • 1950–1952: East: Iaşi and Bârlad regions; South: Putna and Stalin regions; West: Mureş region; North: Suceava region.
  • 1952–1956: East: Iaşi region; South: Bârlad region; West: Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară; North: Suceava region.
  • 1956–1968: East: Iaşi region; South: Galaţi region; West: Braşov and Mureş-Autonomă Maghiară regions; North: Suceava region.

    • Rayons

  • 1950–1952: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ.
  • 1952–1956: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Ceahlău.
  • 1956–1960: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Zeletin (centered on Podu Turcului), Adjud, Roman.
  • 1960–1964: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Adjud, Roman.
  • 1964–1968: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Adjud, Roman.

    • References

    Bacău Region Wikipedia
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