Chilia County

Chilia County was a county of Romania part of the Bessarabia Governorate. Having lost Bessarabia in 1940 following an ultimatum by the Soviet Union, Romania recovered the region in 1941 following the Axis invasion of the USSR during World War II. Chilia County was the only Romanian county in Bessarabia that had not been created earlier in the administrative reform of 1930.
Chilia County was divided into three plăși, Plasa Chilia, Plasa Tarutino and Plasa Tătărești.
In 1944, Romania abandoned the Axis and joined the Allies, having to agree to giving up Bessarabia again.