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Ținutul Suceava

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Ținutul Suceava
Land (Ținut)
Coat of arms of Ținutul Suceava
Country Romania
Former counties includedCâmpulung County, Cernăuți County, Dorohoi County, Hotin County, Rădăuți County, Suceava County, Storojineț County
Historic regionMoldavia (Bessarabia Bukovina Hertza)
Capital city (Reședință de ținut)Cernăuți
EstablishedThe administrative reform of 1938
Cesed to existTerritorial loss and new administrative law (26–28 June 1940)
Government
 • TypeRezident Regal
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ținutul Suceava was one of the ten Romanian ținuturi ("lands"), founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. Including most of Bukovina and a section of northern Bessarabia, it was named after the city of Suceava; its capital was the city of Cernăuți. Ținutul Suceava ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to the Soviet Union and the king's abdication in 1940.

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms consists of seven pallets, four of gules and three of azure, representing the former seven counties (județe) of Greater Romania which it included (of the total 71). Over the pallets there is a castle, representing the medieval citadel in Suceava.

Former counties incorporated

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the older 71 counties lost their authority.

See also