Regiunea Bacău was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania

Communist Romania

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, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.

History

The capital of the region was Bacău

Bacau

Bacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistriţa River...

, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Bacău

Bacau County

Bacău is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeş-Făget, in Transylvania.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 706,623 and the population density was 113/km²....

 and Neamţ

Neamt County

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 counties. In 1956 the region included raion

Raion

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s Zeletin and Adjud from the dissolved Bârlad region

Regiunea Bârlad

Regiunea Bârlad was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...

 and raion Roman from Iaşi region. In 1960 raion Zeletin was dissolved, most of the component communes passing to Adjud raion, and in 1964 Buhuşi raion was dissolved, and all its communes were included into Bacău and Piatra Neamţ raions.

Neighbors

Bacău region had as neighbors:

• 1950–1952: East: Iaşi and Bârlad
  Regiunea Bârlad
  Regiunea Bârlad was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
   regions; South: Putna and Stalin regions; West: Mureş region; North: Suceava region.
• 1952–1956: East: Iaşi region; South: Bârlad region
  Regiunea Bârlad
  Regiunea Bârlad was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
  ; West: Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară; North: Suceava region.
• 1956–1968: East: Iaşi region; South: Galaţi region; West: Braşov and Mureş-Autonomă Maghiară regions; North: Suceava region.

Rayons

• 1950–1952: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ.
• 1952–1956: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Ceahlău.
• 1956–1960: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Zeletin, Adjud, Roman.
• 1960–1964: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Buhuşi, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Adjud, Roman.
• 1964–1968: Bacău, Moineşti, Târgu Ocna, Piatra Neamţ, Târgu Neamţ, Adjud, Roman.