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You’ll find in Romania unspoiled natural, cultural and historical values:
• medieval cities
• castles and fortress in Transylvania
• painted monasteries in Bucovina and Moldavia;
• Black Sea and Danube Delta
• Spas		  
 
 

General information
Official name: Romania (formerly also spelled Rumania or Roumania).

National Flag: Romania’s flag is tricolour, with the colours positioned vertically, starting from the spear in the following order: blue, yellow, and red.

Government: Republic with two Houses of Parliament. The President, Senators and Deputies are elected through universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed vote.

Area: 237 500 km² (78th).

Location: southeast of Europe, the territory is crossed almost in the middle by the Parallel of 46 degrees latitude North, and the Meridian of 25 degrees longitude East.

Boundaries: Bulgaria (south) 608 km, Hungary (west) 443 km, Moldova (east) 450 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south-west) 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km, Black Sea (east) 225 km.

Capital: Bucharest (Bucuresti), 44°25' N 26°06' E.

Administrative division: Romania is divided into 41 counties, and the municipality of Bucharest (Bucuresti) - the capital.

Population: 21,698,181 inhabitants (2002). Romanians: 19,409,400 (89.5%); Magyars: 1,434,377 (6.6%); Rroms: 535,250 (2.5%); Germans: 60,088 (0.3%); Ukrainians: 61,353 (0.3%); Russians: 36.397 (0.2%); Turks: 32,596 (0.2%); Tartars: 24,137 (0.1%); Serbians: 22,518 (0.1%); Slovaks: 17,199 (0.1%); Bulgarians: 8,092 (< 0,05%); Croatians: 6,786 (< 0,05%); Greeks: 6,513 (< 0,05%); Jews: 5,870 (< 0,05%); Czechs: 3,938 (< 0,05%); Poles: 3,671 (< 0,05%); Italians: 3,331 (< 0,05%); Armenians: 1,780 (< 0,05%).

Religion: Romanian Orthodox - 86.8%, Roman Catholic - 4.5%, Protestant - 3.7%, Pentecostal - 1.5%, Greek-Catholic Uniate - 0.9%.

Languages: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German.

Official hour: summertime - GMT + 3 hours (from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October), wintertime - GMT + 2 hours.

Currency: 1 Leu = 100 bani (1 RON = 10,000 ROL).

Internet TLD: .ro

Calling code: +40
 
   
     
 
 
Did you know?

…that the monasteries in Bucovina are unique in the world?

…that there is only one Merry Cemetery in Europe, in Maramures, at Sapanta?

…that the city of Sighisoara is the only medieval citadel in Europe which is still inhabited?

…that almost 50% of all Europe’s brown bears are living in Romania?

...more about Romania

 

 

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