Ţinutul Jiu
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Ţinutul Jiu (or Ţinutul Olt) was one of the ten Romanian ţinuturi (regions) founded in 1938, after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. Roughly corresponding to the historical region of Oltenia and named after the Jiu River and after Olt River, it had its capital in the city of Craiova. Ţinutul Jiu ceased to exist following the territorial loss of Romania to the Axis powers in 1940.
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Coat of Arms
The coat of arms consists of seven bars, three of gules and four of or, representing the former seven counties (judeţe) of Greater Romania (71 in total) which it had included. Over the bars there is an or lion rampant langued and armed sable, facing dexter (the symbol of Oltenia).
Former counties incorporated
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the older 71 counties lost their authority. The list below just helps drawing the map.
