Historical regions of Romania

Historic regions of Romania and its neighbours

Historic regions part of Greater Romania (1918-1940)

At various times during the late 19th and 20th centuries, Romania extended over the following historical regions:

Wallachia:

Muntenia or Greater Wallachia: as part of Wallachia, joined Moldavia in 1859 to create modern Romania;
Oltenia or Lesser Wallachia: as part of Wallachia, joined Moldavia in 1859 to create modern Romania;

Moldavia:

western Moldavia: joined Wallachia in 1859 to create modern Romania; the Hertza region is today in Ukraine;
Bucovina: in Romania between 1918 and World War II, today divided between Romania and Ukraine;
Bessarabia (eastern Moldavia) (including Budjak): in Romania between 1918 and World War II, today divided between Moldova and Ukraine.

Dobruja:

Northern Dobrogea (including Snake Island): today in Romania (excepting some Danubian islands and the Snake Island which are located in URSS since 1948 and in Ukraine since 1991);
Southern Dobruja or Cadrilater: in Romania between 1913 and 1940, today in Bulgaria.

Wallachia, western Moldavia, and Dobruja are sometimes referred collectively as the Regat (The Kingdom), as they formed the Romanian "Old" Kingdom before World War I.

Transylvania (and Partium):

former principality of Transylvania: in Romania since 1918;
Banat: since 1918 divided between Romania, Serbia and Hungary;
Crișana: since 1918 divided between Romania and Hungary;
Maramureș (part of the historic Partium region): southern part in Romania since 1918, northern part currently in Ukraine;
Oaș Country (part of the historic Partium region): in Romania since 1918.

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

v t e Historical regions in Romania
Banat (1918–)^a	Banat^h
Dobruja (1878–)	Northern Dobruja^c Southern Dobruja (1913–16; 1919–40)^d
Moldavia (1859–)^b	Bessarabia^e (1918–40; 1941–44) Budjak (1918–40; 1941–44) Bukovina (Southern Bukovina (1918–)^f; Northern Bukovina (1918–40; 1941–44)^f) Hertsa (1859–1940; 1941–44)^b Western Moldavia
Transylvania (1918–)^a^g	Crișana^h Maramureșⁱ Székely Land^j
Wallachia (1859–)^b	Muntenia Oltenia
^aDe jure since 1920 ^bDe jure since 1862 ^cDe jure ceded to Bulgaria and the Central Powers (except for the Danube Delta) between May 1918 and November 1919 ^dDe jure ceded to Bulgaria between May 1918 and November 1919 ^eSouthern Bessarabia in Romania (1859–78) ^fDe jure since 1919 ^gNorthern Transylvania in Hungary (1940–44) ^hOnly the eastern part ⁱOnly the southern part ^jTransylvania proper

See also