Country Romania County seat (Reședință de județ) Silistra | Historic region Southern Dobruja Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Established After the Treaty of Bucharest (1913) Ceased to exist Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938 | ||
Durostor was a county (județ) of Romania, in Southern Dobruja, with the seat at Silistra (then Dârstor).
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The county consisted of 4 districts (plăși): Accadânlar, Curtbunar, Silistra and Turtucaia. The county was neighbored by the counties of Ilfov and Ialomița to the north, Caliacra and Constanța to the east and the Kingdom of Bulgaria to the south.
The region was annexed by Romania as a result of the Balkan wars. Bulgaria managed to regain it between 1916 and 1918, but then lost it again after the end of World War I (see Treaty of Neuilly).
Etymology
The county was named after the Roman name of Silistra, Durostorum.
Coat of arms
The Coat of Arms depicted Mircea the Elder.
Population
According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Durostor County was 211,413, of which 42.8% were ethnic Turks, 34.2% ethnic Bulgarians, 19.0% ethnic Romanians and 1.4% Gypsies. Classified by religion: 54.0% Orthodox Christian, 45.1% Islam.
After 1938
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the county was merged with counties of Constanța, Caliacra and Ialomița to form the Ținutul Mării.
On September 7, 1940, the former county (except for the north-eastern corner comprising Ostrov and Lipnița communes) with the whole Southern Dobruja was returned to Bulgaria (see Treaty of Craiova).