Silistra Nouă County

Short-lived county of Romania that existed between 1878 and 1879

County in Romania

Silistra Nouă County

County (Județ)

German map of Northern Dobruja showing Silistra Nouă County in the bottom left corner of the region

Country|  Romania
Historic region| Northern Dobruja
Capital city (Reședință de județ)| Rasova, Cernavodă and Medgidia
Established| 13 November 1878
Ceased to exist| 1 April 1879
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Silistra Nouă County was a county (județ) of Romania, in Northern Dobruja, with its capital city first at Rasova, later at Cernavodă and finally at Medgidia.[1][2] It was established on 13 November 1878 and abolished on 1 April 1879. After this, it was integrated into Constanța County, which became the only county in Romanian Dobruja along with Tulcea County.[3] Silistra Nouă County was composed of two plăși ("districts"): Plasa Medgidia (which included Cernavodă and Medgidia) and Plasa Silistra Nouă (which included Rasova).[4] Despite its name, it did not include the city of Silistra.[2]

Earlier, Russia had conquered Northern Dobruja (including the Danube Delta and Snake Island) in 1878 after winning a war together with Romania against the Ottoman Empire. Northern Dobruja was given to Romania by Russia as an "exchange" or "compensation" for the forced annexation by the latter of the Romanian region of Southern Bessarabia. Later, in 1913, Romania was awarded Southern Dobruja after marching into Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War.[5][6]

## See also

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* Durostor County
* Former administrative divisions of Romania

## References

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1. ^ Ilie, Adrian (29 May 2019). "Rasova, așezare românească de pe malul Dunării (III) (galerie foto)". Ziua de Constanța (in Romanian).
2. ^ a b Cealera, Cristian (9 October 2019). "Primele legi ale Dobrogei moderne (III). Kustenge, Silistra Nouă și prefecții județelor în noiembrie 1878". Ziua de Constanța (in Romanian).
3. ^ Pătrașcu, Dumitru Valentin (2011). "Județul Silistra Nouă (13 noiembrie 1878 – 1 aprilie 1879)". Annals of the University of Craiova (in Romanian). 16 (1): 295–302.
4. ^ Pătrașcu, Dumitru Valentin (2011). "Regulamentul privind organizarea administrativă a Dobrogei" (PDF). Litua – Studii și Cercetări (in Romanian). 13. Târgu Jiu: 101–114.
5. ^ Suciu, Dumitru (1993). From the union of the principalities to the creation of Greater Romania. Center for Transylvanian studies, the Romanian Cultural Foundation. pp. 1–159. ISBN 9789739132725.
6. ^ Hitchins, Keith (2014). A concise history of Romania. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–327. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139033954. ISBN 9780521872386.

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