Historical regions of Romania

From World travel guide

At various times during its history, Romania extended over the following historical regions:

• Transylvania and Partium:
  • Transylvania proper: today Romania;
  • Banat (part of the historical Partium region): today divided between Romania, Serbia and Hungary;
  • Crişana (part of the historical Partium region): today divided between Romania and Hungary;
  • Maramureş (part of the historical Partium region): today divided between Romania and Ukraine.

• Moldavia:
  • Moldavia proper: today Romania;
  • Hertza region: today Ukraine;
  • Bukovina: today divided between Romania and Ukraine;
  • Bessarabia (including Budjak): today divided between Moldova and Ukraine.
• Transnistria: today divided between Ukraine and Moldova.
• Wallachia:
  • Muntenia (Greater Wallachia): today Romania;
  • Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia): today Romania;
• Dobruja:
  • Northern Dobrogea (including Snake Island): today divided between Romania and Ukraine;
  • Southern Dobruja (Cadrilater): today Bulgaria.

During or after WWII Romania lost some of the above mentioned regions: Southern Dobruja (in 1940), Northern Bukovina and Hertza (in 1944), the Snake Island (in 1948) and Bessarabia (in 1944). Transnistria belonged only for a short time during World War II to Romania (from 1941 to 1944).

See also

• Development regions of Romania — divisions used currently and which are not based on the borders of historical regions;
• Counties of Romania;
• Unification of Romania with Moldova.

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