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Regiunea București (București/Bucharest region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative
divisions of the
People's Republic of Romania, copied after the
Soviet style of territorial organization.
History
The capital of the region was
Bucharest, and at first, its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays
Ilfov and
Giurgiu counties. In 1952 it assimilated the dissolved
Ialomița Region (without
raions Fetești, to
Constanța Region, and Urziceni, to
Ploiești Region; both taken in 1960) and
Teleorman regions, reaching an area slightly smaller than nowadays
Ialomița,
Călărași,
Ilfov,
Giurgiu, and
Teleorman counties.
Neighbors
București region had as neighbors:
Raions
- 1950–1952: București, Giurgiu, Mihăilești, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brănești, Oltenița, Vidra.
- 1952–1960: București, Giurgiu, Mihăilești, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brănești, Oltenița, Vidra, Slobozia, Călărași, Lehliu, Vida, Alexandria, Zimnicea, Vârtoapele, Roșiori de Vede, Drăgănești, Turnu Măgurele.
- 1960–1968: București, Giurgiu, Mihăilești, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brănești, Oltenița, Vidra, Slobozia, Călărași, Lehliu, Vida, Alexandria, Zimnicea, Vârtoapele, Roșiori de Vede, Drăgănești, Turnu Măgurele, Fetești, Urziceni.