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County in Romania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vlașca County is a former first-order administrative division of the Kingdom of Romania, in southern Muntenia, located between Bucharest and the Danube, which is now mostly the county of Giurgiu. The county seat was Giurgiu.
Județul Vlașca | |
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County (Județ) | |
![Thumb](#/media/File:Muzeul_Judeţean_"Teohari_Antonescu"_1.JPG) The Vlaşca County Prefecture's building from the interwar period, now a museum. | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| Historic region | Wallachia |
| County seat (Reședință de județ) | Giurgiu |
| Established | Sometime before 1601 |
| Ceased to exist | Administrative reform of 1950 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,494 km2 (1,735 sq mi) |
| Population (1930) | |
• Total | 296,412 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The county was located in the southern part of Greater Romania, in the southern part of the historical region of Muntenia. The county was bordered on the west by Teleorman County, on the northwest by Argeș County, on the north by Dâmbovița County, on the east by Ilfov County, and to the south by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Its surface coincides in large part with that of the present Giurgiu County, but there are small parts of it that are included in today's Teleorman County.
Administratively, until the 1930s, Vlașca County was divided into five districts (plăși):[1]
In 1938, the county was divided into seven districts:
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Argeș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 296,412 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 97.1% Romanians, 2.2% Romanies, 0.2% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population was 99.4% Eastern Orthodox, 0.2% Roman Catholic, 0.1% Adventist, as well as other minorities.
In 1930, the county's urban population was 31,016 inhabitants, comprising 92.7% Romanians, 2.4% Romanies, 1.0% Hungarians, 0.7% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 96.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.3% Roman Catholic, 0.8% Jewish, as well as other minorities.
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