Country Romania Capital city (Reședință de județ) Oravița Time zone EET (UTC+2) | Historic region Banat Established 1925 | |
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Ceased to exist Administrative reform of 1950 | ||
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Caraș County is one of the historic counties of the Banat, Romania. The county seat was Oravița.
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- Leaving cara county and enterring the hunedoara county dn 68 romania
- Geography
- Administrative organization
- References
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Timiș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.
Geography
Caraș County covered 4,693 km2 and was located in the Banat. Currently, the territory that comprised Baia County is now included at present in the Caraș-Severin County. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Timiș-Torontal County to the north and northwest, Severin County to the east, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia counties to the south and southwest.
Administrative organization
Administratively, Caraș County was divided into six districts (plăși):
- Plasa Bocşa-Montană
- Plasa Bozovici
- Plasa Moldova-Nouă
- Plasa Oravița
- Plasa Reșița
- Plasa Sasca-Montană