 Info about Romania |
Location: Romania is situated in the geographical centre of Europe (south-east of Central Europe), at the half of distance between the Atlantic Coast and the Urals, inside and outside the Carpathians, on the Danube (1075 km) lower course and has exit to the Black Sea.
Romania is the twelfth country of Europe, having an area of 238391 square kilometres.
Border length:
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land: 1085.6 km, river: 1816.9 km, sea: 247.4 km
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Bulgaria: 631.3 km, Moldavian Republic: 681.3 km, Serbia and Montenegro: 546.4, Ukraine: 649.4 km, Hungary: 448.0 km and the Black Sea: 193.5 km
The relief: consists of three major levels: the highest one in the Carpathians (highest peak Moldoveanu 2544 m), the middle one which corresponds to the Sub-Carpathians, to the hills and to the plateaus and the lowest one in plains, meadows and Danube Delta. The Danube Delta, the youngest relief unit under permanent formation, has an average height of 0.52 m.
Climate: it is temperate-continental of transition, with oceanic influences from the West, Mediterranean ones from the Southwest and continental-excessive ones from the East.
Natural resources: are various, among the main ones being crude oil, natural gas, coal, ferrous and nonferrous ores, salt, mineral water springs, arable land.
Territory division: from administrative viewpoint, the territory is divided into: villages, communes, towns, municipalities and counties.
The capital: Bucharest Municipality (1924959 inhabitants on July 1, 2005), organised into six administrative sectors. The first documentary mention was on the 20th of September 1459, as residence of Vlad Tepes.
Capital of Tara Romaneasca since the second half of the XVIIth century and capital of Romania since 1862, Bucharest Municipality is the most important political, economical and cultural-scientific center of the country.
Official language: Romanian.
Flag of Romania: is three-coloured; the colours are placed vertically in the following order from the lance: blue, yellow and red.
National day of Romania: December, 1.
Government form: is the republic.
National currency: “RON” (Romanian Leu), “Ban” subdivision. The exchange rate is set on the interbank currency market on a daily basis, reference currency being euro.
Total population: 21.711.000 out of which 48.8% male and 51.25% female.
Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 68/76
Probability of dying under five (per 1000 live births): 19
Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 230/102
Figures are for 2005 unless indicated. Source: World Health Statistics 2007
Ethnic groups: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002)
Religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
Unemployment rate: 5.9%
