page_title: Kingdom of Romania
section_title: Cities
hierarchical_section_title: Kingdom of Romania / Demographics / Cities
caption_attribution_description: Romania 1939, physical/Mapa fizyczna Rumunii, 1939
context_page_description: The Kingdom of Romania was a constitutional monarchy that existed in Romania from 14 March / 26 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I, until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I of Romania, and the Romanian parliament proclaiming Romania a people's republic.
  From 1859 to 1877, Romania evolved from a personal union of two vassal principalities under a single prince to an autonomous principality with a Hohenzollern monarchy. The country gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire during the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, when it also received Northern Dobruja in exchange for the southern part of Bessarabia. The kingdom's territory during the reign of King Carol I, between 14 / 26 March 1881 and 27 September / 10 October 1914 is sometimes referred as the Romanian Old Kingdom, to distinguish it from "Greater Romania", which included the provinces that became part of the state after World War I.
  With the exception of the southern halves of Bukovina and Transylvania, these territories were ceded to neighboring countries in 1940, under the pressure of Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union.
context_section_description: Largest cities as per 1930 census:
  Notes: 1 - including 12 suburban communities.
  Two of Romania's seven largest cities in 1930 are currently located outside of Romania as a result of World War II border changes.
caption: Physical map of Romania in 1939
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