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Regions of Romania

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Romanian historical provences, as between 1920 and 1940. Some of the provences were shared with Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Czecoslovakia:

• Banat: Region between the rivers Mureş (N), Tisa (W), Danube (S), Cerna and Timiş (E).
• Basarabia (Bessarabia): Region betweer Pruth river (W), Dniester river (E, N), Black Sea (S) and Bucovina. It coresponds with the part of Moldova anexed by The Russian Empire in 1812.
• Bucovina: Region from Moldova anexed by The Habsburg Empire in 1774.
• Bugeac (Budjak): A tatar name for the southen region of Bessarabia. It corresponds mostly to the turkish ruled part of Moldova.
• Cadrilater: Or Southen Dobrudja, it is the region ceded by Bulgaria to Romania in 1913, and got back in 1940.
• Crişana: Region between the Apuseni Mts (E) and the rivers Mureş (S), Someş (N) and Tisa (W).
• Dobrogea (Dobrudja): Region between Danube (W, N), Black Sea (E, SE), and the Turtucaia- Ecrene line (S). It consists of Northen Dobrudja (nowadays in Romania) and Southern Dobrudja (or Cadrilater, nowadays in Bulgaria).
• Maramureş (Marmarosch): A region in the Maramureş Valley , between the Carpathian Mountains. Today it is divided into romanian Maramureş and ukrainian Transcarpathia (or Northen Maramureş).
• Moldova: Region Between Carpatian Mts (W), Pruth river (E), Milcov, Sireth and Danube rivers (S) and Bucovina (N). In the Medieval Age the Principality (and thus provence) of Moldova included Bucovina and Bessarabia.
• Muntenia (Valachia): Region between Transylvanian Alps, Milcov and Sireth rivers (N), Danube (S, E) and Olt river (W).
• Oltenia (Little Valachia): Region between Transylvanian Alps (N), Olt river (E), and Danube (W, S). Some sources pushes the eastern border over Olt river, on the Limes Transalutanus.
• Transilvania (Transsylvania): Region Between Carpatian Mts, bordered by the following provences: Maramureş, Bucovina (N), Moldova (E), Muntenia, Oltenia (S), Banat and Crişana (W). In the Medieval Age, Transsylvania was even smaller, being bordered by "countries" (ţări) which didn't belong to Transsylvania provence, according to documents (eg. Ţara Bârsei, Ţara Moţilor, Ţara Haţegului, Ţara Oltului etc.). The Transsylvanian Principality included Transsylvania (provence) and these countries.
• Ţinutul Herţa: Herţa was a small part of Moldova anexed by USSR in 1940, apart from their official demands.