Ținutul Dunării
Ținutul Dunării was one of the ten Romanian ținuturi founded in 1938, after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. Named after the Danube River and extending over historical areas of Moldavia, parts of Northern Dobruja, and an area of Wallachia around Brăila. Its capital was the city of Galați. Ținutul Dunării ceased to exist following the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina and the king's abdication in 1940.Coat of arms
The coat of arms consists of ten bars, five of azure and five of murrey, representing the former ten counties of Greater Romania which it included. Over the bars there is an argent bend, of wavy shape, reminding of the Danube.After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the older 71 counties lost their authority.
