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

Communist Romania

Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...

, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1952 when it was merged into Suceava region.

History

The capital of the region was Botoşani

Botosani

Botoșani is the capital city of Botoșani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.- Origin of the name :...

, and its territory comprised the area of the nowadays Botoşani County

Botosani County

Botoșani is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with the capital city at Botoșani.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 452,834 and the population density was 91/km2.*Romanians – – the highest percentage of Romanians in Romania...

. In 1952 the region was dissolved and its rayons were incorporated into the Suceava region.

Neighbors

Botoşani region had as neighbors:

East: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic; South: Iaşi region; West: Suceava region; North: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.