Județul Cahul | |
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County (Județ) | |
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| Country | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Romania.svg){kind=small} Romania |
| Historic region | Bessarabia |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Cahul |
| Established | 1925 (first time) 1941 (second time) |
| Ceased to exist | 1938 (first time) 1944 (second time) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,442 km2 (1,715 sq mi) |
| Population (1930) | |
| • Total | 196,693 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Cahul County was a county of the Kingdom of Romania between 1925 and 1938 and between 1941 and 1944, in the historical region of Bessarabia, the successor of Cahul County.
The county was located in the eastern part of Greater Romania, in the southwestern part of Bessarabia. Cahul County was bordered by the counties of Cetatea Albă and Tighina to the east, Lăpușna to the north, Fălciu, Tutova and Covurlui to the west, and Ismail to the south.
Its territory underwent changes in the north, where one third of Plasa Cantemir was for some time part of Fălciu County, and in the south, where the communes of Brînza, Colibași, Văleni, and Vulcănești were left in Cahul County, while the communes of Valea-Stejarului, Grecenii-Burlăcenilor, and Bulgărica were part of Ismail County. Plasa Dragoş-Voda, headquartered at Albota was renamed Plasa Mihai Viteazu.
Its territory is currently part of the Republic of Moldova, corresponding roughly to the districts Cahul, Cantemir, Leova, Taraclia and the Vulcănești district (dolay) from Gagauzia.