Lăpușna County
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For the commune in Hînceşti district, see Lăpuşna, Hînceşti. For the village in Mureş County, see Ibăneşti, Mureş. For the village in Chernivtsi Oblast, see Lopushna, Vyzhnytsia.
| Judeţul Lăpușna | ||
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| County (Judeţ) | ||
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| Country |
 Romania | |
| Historic region | Bessarabia | |
| Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ) | Chișinău | |
| Established | 1925 | |
| Ceased to exist | Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4,181 km2 (1,614 sq mi) | |
| Population (1930) | ||
| • Total | 421,857 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Lăpuşna County | |
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| County | |
| Country | Moldova |
| established | 1998 |
Lăpuşna was between 1925 and 1938 a county (Romanian: judeţ) in the Kingdom of Romania, and, between 1998 and 2003, an administrative region of Moldova.
Interwar period
Neighbours
The county neighboured the Soviet Union to the east, the counties of Orhei to the north, Bălți to the north-west, Iași and Fălciu to the west, Cahul to the south-west and Tighina to the south.
Administration
The county consisted of five districts (plăṣi):
After 1938
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties of Tighina, Cetatea Albă and Orhei to form Ţinutul Nistru.
County of Moldova
Major cities of the region included Troita, Batar, Cara-Biber, and Hînceşti.
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