A

wonderful

ROMANIA

country

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THE SHADOWS OF HISTORY

Comunist peoples republic and romanian revolution Romania joined NATO in 2004and the EU in 2007. World war I The In 1878 principalities Romania II was of Walachia recognized as Moldavia an independent were de state facto . of 1989 linked in 1859 and formally united in 1862 under the new name of Romania

GEOGRAPHY
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the

Black Sea, between Ukraine Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria Bulgaria andand Ukraine 46 00 N, 25 00 E : 238,391 sq km total: 238,391 sq km

Surface area Climate

border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia 476 km, Ukraine with : temperate; cold, cloudy winters (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
showers and

temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent

thunderstorms

Terrain: central Transylvanian Basin is separated

from the Moldavian Plateau on the east by the Eastern Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps

GEOGRAPHY
Capital city: Bucharest

Mountains and lakes

The Romanians Carpathians, which cover roughly one third of countrys surface, are shaping the dominant Carpathian character of the Romanias terrain. Glacial and volcanic lakes and also the water dams offer spectacular view together with many gorges and caves.

Saint Ana Lake Blea Lake Vidraru dam Red Lake Turda Gorges Bicaz Gorges Sphynx

Black Sea and Danube Delta

The waters of the Danube, which flow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe's deltas. Also, the Danube canyons take you to beautiful areas, the unique landscape made up of rocky hills.

Marvelous weather from spring to autumn and miles of golden sand make Romania's Black Sea resorts the ideal destination for beach holidays.

Places of worship
On the Romanian territory there are many places of worship: churches, cathedrals, monasteries. They have been built during a long period of time in a multitude of architectonic styles, form the Roman to the Gothic, from the Renaissance to the Baroque styles.

Neam Monastery Brsana Monastery Curtea de Arge Monastery Moldovia Monastery Cozia Monastery

Castles and fortress

The evidence for the history of the nation and of romanian architecture are the castles, fortress and citadels. The following images speaks for themselves about these treasures of our past. Pele Castle Bran Castle Rnov Fortress Neam Citadel Fgara Castle

Bucharest - the capital

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania, the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, and lies on the banks of the Dmbovia River.

The Palace of Parliament Atheneum Triumph arch Lipscani/old town National arena stadium

PEOPLE AND SOCIETY

Population: 21,848,504 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%

Religions:

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%

Median age: 39.1 years (male: 37.7 years

female: 40.6 years)

Urban population: 57% of total population

Major cities population: Bucharest 1.933

million

GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY

Government type: Republic with bicameral Parliament (Senate and Chamber of deputies) chief of state: President Traian BASESCU/head of government: Prime Minister Victor-Viorel PONTA

National holiday: Unification Day (of Romania

and Transylvania), 1 December (1918)

Flag description: three equal vertical bands of blue

(hoist side), yellow and red

National symbol: golden eagle (Coat of arms of

Romania)

National anthem: "Desteapta-te romane!" (Wake

up, Romanian!)

Economy: Romania has a developing, uppermiddle income market economy, the 11th largest in the European Union by total nominal GDP and the 8th largest based on purchasing power parity

COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION

International country codes:
for telephone 004 (+4) for internet .ro

Transportation: roadways, railways, airports,

waterways:

- roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows: Motorways expressways national road county road local road
- Romania has a well-developed railway network that covers virtually the whole country - the air traffic in Romania reached 10.7 million passengers in 2011 including domestic and international destinations - in sea and inland waterways transport due to Black Sea exit and Danube river

Public transportation is frequent and reliable,

and includes trolleybuses. trams, metro, buses and