Regiunea Bucureşti 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..

History

The capital of the region was Bucharest

Bucharest

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, and at first, its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Ilfov

Ilfov County

Ilfov is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest...

 and Giurgiu

Giurgiu County

Giurgiu is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 297,859 and the population density was 84/km².* Romanians – over 96%* Roma – 3.5%, and others.- Geography :...

 counties. In 1952 it assimilated the dissolved Ialomiţa (without rayons Feteşti, to Constanţa region

Regiunea Constanta

Regiunea Constanţa was one of the 1950 new administrative Soviet-style divisions of the People's Republic of Romania.-History:...

, and Urziceni, to Ploieşti region; both taken in 1960) and Teleorman regions, reaching an area slightly smaller than nowadays Ialomiţa

Ialomita County

Ialomița is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Slobozia.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 296,572 and the population density was 67/km²....

, Călăraşi

Calarasi County

Călărași is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 324,617 and a population density of 64/km².*Romanians – 95%*Roma and others.-List of cities by population:...

, Ilfov

Ilfov County

Ilfov is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest...

, Giurgiu

Giurgiu County

Giurgiu is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 297,859 and the population density was 84/km².* Romanians – over 96%* Roma – 3.5%, and others.- Geography :...

 and Teleorman

Teleorman County

Teleorman is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria.The name Teleorman is of Cumanic origin. It literally means crazy forest and, by extension, "thick and shadowy forest" in the Cuman language...

 counties.

Neighbors

Bucureşti region had as neighbors:

• 1950–1952: East: Ialomiţa region; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Teleorman; North: Argeş
  Regiunea Arges
  Regiunea Argeş was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1952, when its territory merged with Vâlcea region to form Piteşti region...
  
   and Prahova regions.
• 1952–1960: East: Constanţa region
  Regiunea Constanta
  Regiunea Constanţa was one of the 1950 new administrative Soviet-style divisions of the People's Republic of Romania.-History:...
  
  ; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Craiova region; North: Piteşti
  Regiunea Arges
  Regiunea Argeş was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1952, when its territory merged with Vâlcea region to form Piteşti region...
  
  , Ploieşti and Galaţi regions.
• 1960–1968: East: Dobrogea region
  Regiunea Constanta
  Regiunea Constanţa was one of the 1950 new administrative Soviet-style divisions of the People's Republic of Romania.-History:...
  
  ; South: People's Republic of Bulgaria; West: Oltenia region; North: Argeş
  Regiunea Arges
  Regiunea Argeş was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1952, when its territory merged with Vâlcea region to form Piteşti region...
  
  , Ploieşti and Galaţi regions.

Rayons

• 1950–1952: Bucureşti, Giurgiu, Mihăileşti, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brăneşti, Olteniţa, Vidra.
• 1952–1960: Bucureşti, Giurgiu, Mihăileşti, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brăneşti, Olteniţa, Vidra, Slobozia, Călăraşi, Lehliu, Vida, Alexandria, Zimnicea, Vârtoapele, Roşiori de Vede, Drăgăneşti, Turnu Măgurele.
• 1960–1968: Bucureşti, Giurgiu, Mihăileşti, Crevedia, Răcari, Snagov, Brăneşti, Olteniţa, Vidra, Slobozia, Călăraşi, Lehliu, Vida, Alexandria, Zimnicea, Vârtoapele, Roşiori de Vede, Drăgăneşti, Turnu Măgurele, Feteşti, Urziceni.