Administrative divisions of Moldavia

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Ţinut (pl. ţinuturi; sometimes translated in English as region,[1] district[2] or municipality[3]) were the traditional subdivision of the Principality of Moldavia (1359-1859).

Principality of Moldavia (1359-1859)

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Counties in the Principality of Moldavia in 1483

Lower Country (Ţara de Jos)

Upper Country (Ţara de Sus)

Historic Bessarabia (Basarabia)

See also

References

  1. Constantin C. Giurescu, The making of the Romanian unitary state, Editura Meridiane, 1971. p. 45.
  2. Pompiliu Teodor, Enlightenment and Romanian society, Editura Dacia, 1980. p. 74
  3. Gerald J. Bobang, The emergence of the Romanian national State, East European Quarterly, 1979. ISBN 0-914710-51-6. p. 227.

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