Ținutul Mureș

Ținutul Mureș (draft version: Ținutul Alba Iulia) was one of the ten ținuturi ("lands") of Romania, founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration.

Ținutul Mureș ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to Hungary and the king's abdication in 1940.

[2] The coat of arms is party per cross in 9 equal squares, representing the former 9 counties (ținuturi) of Greater Romania (71 in total) which it had included.

The square in the heart of the shield is gules, and bares an or Romanian Crown (in recollection of the 1922 Alba-Iulia coronation of Ferdinand I and Marie of Edinburgh as King and Queen of Greater Romania).

[3] After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, of the previous 71 counties, Ținutul Mureș included 9:[4]

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