According to the traditional explanation, the name Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian) derives from the Wallachian Basarab dynasty, who allegedly ruled over the southern part of the area in the 14th century. However, some

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The region is bounded by the Dniester to the north and east, the Prut to the west, and the lower River Danube and Black Sea to the south. It has an area of 45,630 km (17,620 sq mi). The area is mostly hilly plains and flat steppes. It is very fertile and has lignitedeposits and stone

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In the late 14th century, the newly established Principality of Moldaviaencompassed what later became known as Bessarabia. Afterward, this territory was directly or indirectly,

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According to Bessarabian historian Ștefan Ciobanuand Moldovan philologist Viorica Răileanu, in 1810, the Romanian (Moldavian) population

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• Bessarabia Germans
• Bessarabian Bulgarians
• "Bessarabia, Romanian land"
• Budjak (southern Bessarabia)

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Bessarabia travel guide from Wikivoyage Media related to Bessarabia at Wikimedia Commons
• Charles Upson Clark. 1927. "Bessarabia: Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea". (An electronic version of the book).

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• 1911: There were 165 loan societies, 117 savings banks, 43 professional savings and loan societies, and eight Zemstvo loan offices; all these had total assets of about 10,000,000 rubles. There were also 89 government savings banks, with deposits of about 9,000,000 rubles.

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