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Counties of Romania
List of countiesSee also: List of Romanian Counties by Population The jude?e (translated in English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania. As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows: HistoryThe earliest organization into "jude?e" was in the 15th century and each jude? was ruled by a "jude", a person who had administrative and judicial functions. The modern administrative division into "jude?e" was done during the 19th century using the French departments system as an example: for each jude? there exists a "prefect", who is the representative of the government to the county and the head of the local administration. Until 1948 each "jude?" was divided into a number of "pl??i" (singular "plas?"), with each administered by a "pretor" (from the Latin "praetor"), named by the "prefect". In 1938, King Carol II modified the Constitution, and after that the law of administration of the Romanian territory. It resulted ten "?inuturi" (approx. translation: "lands"), ruled by "Reziden?i Regali" (approx. translation "Royal Residents"), appointed directly by the King. Due to World War II, the Second Vienna Award, the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the loss of territory that Romania suffered, this style of administration did not last long, the "jude?e" being reintroduced, until the rise of communism, in 1948. 
?inuturi of Romania in 1939
The Communist party changed it to the Russian model (in raions), but it reverted to the current system (in 1968). In 1981 the former counties of Ilfov and Ialomi?a were re-organised into the present-day counties of Giurgiu, C?l?ra?i, Ialomi?a and Ilfov. Until 1995 Ilfov was not a proper county, but instead a dependency of Bucharest ("Sectorul Agricol Ilfov"). Historical countiesMerged or renamed
Current counties imposed over the inter-war counties Originally (1927-1938) there were 71 jude?e
Lost during World War IITo Bulgaria
To Ukraine
To MoldovaIn Transnistria occupied during World War IINowadays, they are dividied between the Republic of Moldova (in Transnistria) and Ukraine.
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