Soroca County
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| Judeţul Soroca | |||
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| — County (Judeţ) — | |||
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| Country |  Romania |
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| Historic region | Bessarabia | ||
| Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ) | Soroca | ||
| Established | 1925 | ||
| Ceased to exist | Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938 | ||
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| • Prefect | |||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4,331 km2 (1,672 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1930) | |||
| • Total | 315,774 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Soroca County | |
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| — County — | |
| Country | Moldova |
| established | 1998 |
Soroca was between 1925 and 1938 a county (Romanian: judeţ) in the Kingdom of Romania, and, between 1998 and 2003, a county of Moldova. The seat was Soroca.
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[edit] Interwar county
The first prefect of Soroca County was Vasile Săcară in 1918.[1][2][3]
[edit] Neighbours
The county neighboured the Soviet Union to the east, the counties of Hotin to the north, Bălți to the west, and Orhei to the south.
[edit] Administration
The county consisted of seven districts (plăṣi):
[edit] After 1938
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties Bacău, Baia, Bălți, Botoşani, Iaşi, Neamţ, Roman, and Vaslui to form Ţinutul Prut.
[edit] References
- ^ Leonid Cemortan, Drama intelectualilor basarabeni de stinga
- ^ Iurie Colesnic, "Basarabia necunoscută", Ed. Universitas, Chişinău, 1993; Volumul 1
- ^ Paul Vataman, Figuri sorocene, Chişinău, 1993, p.161
[edit] External links
- (Romanian) Soroca County on memoria.ro
- Săcară, Vasile
- Leonid Cemortan, Drama intelectualilor basarabeni de stinga
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Coordinates: 48°10′N 28°15′E / 48.167°N 28.25°E
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