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Arad Region
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The capital of the region was <a href="/facts/Arad%2c_Romania/u1PsVrTy">Arad</a>, and its territory comprised an area only a bit larger than the nowadays <a href="/facts/Arad_County/YEHpXMuf">Arad County</a>. </p><p>Initially the region didn't comprise the area of <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A2nnicolau_Mare/gXNTMBnt">Sânnicolau Mare</a> which it was attributed by the 1952 administrative reorganisation. </p> <h2 id="neighbors">Neighbors</h2> <p>Arad region had as neighbors: </p> <ul><li>1950–1952: East: Hunedoara Region; South: Timișoara Region; West: <a href="/facts/Hungarian_People%2527s_Republic/IbhUc1vu">Hungarian People's Republic</a>; North: <a href="/facts/Cluj_Region/zweq7rhP">Cluj Region</a> and <a href="/facts/Bihor_Region/C4gRLptb">Bihor Region</a>.</li> <li>1952–1956: East: Hunedoara Region; South: Timișoara Region; West: <a href="/facts/Hungarian_People%2527s_Republic/IbhUc1vu">Hungarian People's Republic</a>; North: <a href="/facts/Cluj_Region/zweq7rhP">Cluj Region</a> and <a href="/facts/Bihor_Region/C4gRLptb">Oradea Region</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="rayons">Rayons</h2> <ul><li>1950–1952: Arad, Ineu, Criș, Gurahonț, Lipova.</li> <li>1952–1956: Arad, Ineu, Criș, Gurahonț, Lipova, Sânnicolau Mare.</li></ul>