Ţinutul Mureş

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Ţinutul Mureş (or Ţinutul Alba-Iulia) was one of the ten Romanian ţinuturi founded in 1938, after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. It comprised most of Transylvania, and included part of Székely Land. Its capital was the city of Alba-Iulia.

[edit] Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms is party per cross in nine equal squares, representing the former nine counties of Greater Romania (71 in total) which it had included. Four of the squares, forming the arms of a Greek cross, are of or. The four squares forming the corners of the shield are of azure. The square in the heart of the shield is gules, and bares an or Romanian Crown (in recollection the 1922 Alba-Iulia coronation of Ferdinand I and Marie of Edinburgh as King and Queen of Greater Romania).

[edit] Former counties incorporated

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the previous 71 counties lost their authority. The list below just helps drawing the map.

• Alba County
• Ciuc County
• Făgăraş County
• Mureş County
• Năsăud County
• Odorhei County
• Sibiu County
• Târnava Mare County
• Târnava Micǎ County