Covurlui County

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| official_name = Județul Covurlui

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| settlement_type = County (Județ)

| image_skyline = Administrative Palace of Galati.jpg

| image_caption = The Prefecture of Covurlui County Prefect's building from the interwar period

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| image_map = Romania 1930 county Covurlui.png

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = 25px Romania

| subdivision_type2 = Historic region

| subdivision_name2 = Moldavia

| subdivision_type3 = Capital city (Reședință de județ)

| subdivision_name3 = Galați

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1925

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| established_date2 = Administrative reform of 1950

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| area_total_km2 =2662

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Covurlui County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was Galați.{{cite web|url=http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/covurlui/index.html|title=Portretul României interbelice – Județul Covurlui|website=romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro|access-date=17 August 2016|language=Romanian}}

In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Dunării,{{cite web|url=http://www.bzf.ro/organizarea-administrativ-teritoriala-a-romaniei-1864-1989/|title=Organizarea administrativ-teritorială a României 1864–1989|website=www.bzf.ro|date=7 May 2013|access-date=17 August 2016|language=Romanian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929030847/http://www.bzf.ro/organizarea-administrativ-teritoriala-a-romaniei-1864-1989/|archive-date=29 September 2014|url-status=dead}} 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.

Geography

Covurlui County covered {{cvt|2662|km2}} and was located in Moldavia. The territory that comprised Covurlui County is now mostly included in Galați County, with a small northern part in Vaslui County. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Tutova County to the north, Cahul and Ismail counties to the east, Tulcea County to the southeast, Brăila County to the south, Râmnicu Sărat County to the southwest, and Tecuci County to the west.

Administrative organization

File:1938_map_of_interwar_county_Covurlui.jpg

Administratively, Covurlui County was originally divided into two districts (plăși):

  1. Plasa Horincea
  2. Plasa Prutul de Jos

Subsequently, three more districts were established, reaching five in total:

  1. Plasa I. G. Duca
  2. Plasa Prutul de Sus
  3. Plasa Siret

= Population =

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 210,006 inhabitants, ethnically comprising 83.7% Romanians, 9.5% Jews, 1.5% Russians, 1.4% Greeks, 1.1% Hungarians, as well as other minorities.Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 150-151 From the religious point of view, the population comprised 87.0% Eastern Orthodox, 8% Jewish, 1.9% Roman Catholic, 0.3% Lutheran, 0.2% Reformed, 0.2% Greek Catholic, as well as other minorities.

== Urban population ==

In 1930, the county's urban population was 101,611 inhabitants, 68.2% Romanians, 19.1% Jews, 2.9% Russians, 2.9% Greeks, 2.1% Hungarians, 1.2% Germans, 0.5 Armenians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 73.9% Eastern Orthodox, 19.8% Jewish, 3.9% Roman Catholic, 0.7% Lutheran, 0.5% Reformed, 0.3% Greek-Catholic, as well as other minorities.

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