Durostor County
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| Judeţul Durostor | |
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| Country |  Rumania |
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| Historic region | Cadrilater |
| Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ) | Durostor |
| Established | After Balkan Wars in 1913 |
| Cesed to exist | Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Rezident Regal |
| Area | |
| - Land | 3,226 km² (1,245.6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 211,413 (1,930 Census) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Judeţul Caliacra was a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Cadrilater, with the capital city at Durostor. The county consisted from 4 districts: Accadânalar, Curtbunar, Durostor and Turtucaia. Neighbours of the county were countries of Ilfov and Ialomiţa to the north, Caliacra and Constanţa to the east and Bulgaria to the south. The county was occupied by Bulgaria between 1916-1918 and given back to Romania after end of World War I.
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[edit] Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms was Saint Simeon.
[edit] Population
According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Durostor County was 211, 413, of which 42.8% were ethnic Turks, 34.2% ethnic Bulgarians, 19.0% ethnic Romanians and 1.4% Gypsies. Classified by religion: 54.0% Orthodox Christian, 45.1% Islam.
[edit] After 1938
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county was merged with counties of Constanţa, Caliacra and Ialomiţa and consisted the Ţinutul Mării.
