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- Geographic Location: South East of Central Europe, north of the BalkanPeninsula, in
the Lower Danube basin, bordering the Black Sea
Boundaries: in the east Republic Moldavia, Ukraine (northern border), Hungary (west),
Yugoslavia (southwest), Bulgaria (south), and the Black Sea (east)
Area: 91,699 square miles (237,500 sq.km)
Border lenght: 3,190.3 km
Geological age: The same with the European Continent, some 550 million years
Population: 22,760,000 inhabitants of which 54.9% live in urban areas and 45.1% in
rural areas. Romanians represent the largest element in the populace, although there are
Hungarian and German minorities of 8% and 2%, respectively. Serbo-Croats, Ukrainians,
Russians, Greeks, Turks, Gypsies, and Jews are smaller minorities.
Density: 95.7 inhabitants per sq.km.
- Capital: Bucharest - area: 1521 sq.km, population: 2,351,000 inhabitants
Administrative Division: 40 counties and Bucharest municipality (with a county status),
260 towns (of which 57 municipalities), 2,688 communes (with about 13,000 villages).
National flag: (proportion 3/2) three equal vertical stripes - red, yellow and blue (next
to the staff)
National Day: 1 December (anniversary of the 1918 union of all Romanians into one single
state)
- Religion: orthodox-86.8%, Roman Catholics-5%, Reform-3.5%
- Form of Government: Republic, according to the Constitution voted by Parliament on 21
November 1991 and validated by referendum on 8 December 1991.
The President of Romania is Emil Constantinescu, since 1996 and the Prime Minister is
Victor Ciorbea, also, since 1996.
Parliament: it is bi-cameral and is divided into the Senate and House of
Representatives. There are 143 senators who represent 42 countries.
- Language: Romanian is the official language, although Hungarian and German are
preserved by their communities and may be used as languages of instruction in school.
Romanian is spoken by about 23 million people in Romania, as
well as by the Romanians who have settled all over the world. Romanian is a Romance
language. Like Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, Romanian derives primarily from
the Latin.
- Standard Time: East European zone time (GMT+2 hours). As of 1979, from the last Sunday in
April to the last Sunday in September, Daylight Saving Time (GMT+3 hours). Romania lies in
the same time zone with the Republic of Moldova, Finland, Greece, Israel, Egypt and the
Republic of South Africa.
- Currency: 1 leu (plural lei). The domestic convertibility of the leu was introduced
in November 1991.
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