Ținutul Timiș was one of the ten Romanian "ținuturi" ("lands"), founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. It comprised the Romanian Banat and parts of Transylvania, and was named after the Timiș River; its capital was the city of Timișoara. "Ținutul Timiș" ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to the Axis powers and the king's abdication in 1940.