Name: ROMANIA. This name was adopted in 1862, after founding the nation-state by joining the two romanian principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia in 1859. ROU is the international abbreviation.

 

Location: In the south-eastern of Central Europe, on the north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube

 

Climate: Romania has a temperate continental climate of transitional type, specific to Central Europe

 

Romania relief: is characterized by four elements: variety, proportionality, complementarity and symmetrical arrangement, given the large number of forms of relief, almost equal distribution of the major relief units (35% mountains, 35% 30% hills and plateaus and plains) and group relief.

 

Neighbours: Romania borders with five countries, the sixth neighbor is the Black Sea. At NE and E borders with Moldova (681.3 km), at N and E with Ukraine (649.4 km), at SE Black Sea (193.5 km) at S to Bulgaria (631.3 km ) at SW with Serbia (546.4 km) and V Hungary (448.0 km).
 

Official language: Romanian

Capital: Bucharest 44 ° 25'N 26 ° 06'E
 
Area: 238,391 km ²
 
Density: 93/km ² (ranked 104)
 
Population: 21 462 186 (January 1, 2010),. As a population, Romania is the 43rd country in the world and 9th in Europe. 55% of the population lives in cities and towns and 45% in rural areas.
 
Currency: RON
 
GDP: Total 245 847 000 000 USD (place 41)
 
Time zone: EET (UTC +2)
 
Internet domain: .RO

 

Area code: 40
 
Religions: Orthodox Christian - 86.7%, Roman Catholics - 4.7%, Protestant - 3.2%, Greek Catholic - 0.9%, Evangelists - 0.1% Unitarian - 0.3%, other religions - 0.4%

 

National Day: in 1990, December 1st was proclaimed the National Day. This day is the anniversary of the Great Unification in Alba Iulia, in 1918, when was voted for the union of Transylvania with Romania, a moment that marks the union of all Romanians into one single state.
 
Political system: presidential republic

 

President of Romania: Traian Basescu, after winning the second term in 2009. The president represents the Romanian State and guarantees  national independence, unity and territorial whole country (with a term of five years).
 
Prime Minister: Emil Boc

 

Legislative power: Parliament (471 members in the legislature from 2008 to 2012) and two rooms: the Romanian Senate (137 members) and Chamber of Deputies (334 members).
 
The Executive: Romanian Government is led by The Prime Minister in charge of The President of Romania to form the Cabinet and the Government programme approved by The Parliament by a vote of confidence.
 
Justice: independence is guaranteed by the Superior Council of Magistracy.
 
Romania is member of UN, NATO and from January 1^st  2007, full member of the European Union.

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