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Geographical facts
Romania is a country in the Eastern part of Europe.
To the East, it is bordered by the Black Sea. Its neighbors are:
To the South: Bulgaria
To the West: Serbia and Hungary
To the North: Ukraine
To the East: Moldova
Romania spans a total surface of 237,500 square kms. (roughly 91,800 sq.miles). Picture it to be about the size of Oregon.
Our country is blessed with all the major forms of landscape:
The Carpathian Mountains (maximum height 2535 m, 8300 ft) cross the country from the north to the south-west.
To the west of the Carpathians lies a large plateau.
To the East and South there are extended low plains fit for agriculture.
The Danube flows along the southern border with Bulgaria and into the Black sea forming a magnificent delta.
The country is historically composed of three regions:
West of the mountains lies Transylvania
The south plains are called Wallachia
The north-eastern region is called Moldavia.
On December the 1st, 1918, Transylvania united with the other two, forming the state called Romania. Nowadays, to celebrate that moment, December 1st is Romania's national holiday.
Language
The official language is Romanian, a language of Latin origin having much in common with the Italian and Spanish. It uses a latin alphabet. One fact worth mentioning is that Romanian is the only Latin language in Eastern Europe, as the others generally have a Slavonic origin. This is due to the fact that once this teritory was part of the Roman Empire. To find out more, check the history section. Beside Romanian, you can hear Hungarian, German, Serbian and Turkish, spoken by the corresponding minorities of the Romanian people.
Currency
Romanian currency is called "LEU" [leu] (plural "LEI" [lei]). Check the current exchange rate.
The State
Digraph: RO
Romania is a republic and its capital is Bucharest.
The teritory is divided into 40 counties.
Since December 8, 1991 Romania has a new Constitution inspired by the Constitution of France's Fifth Republic.
Suffrage is universal. 18 years of age required.
Executive branch:
Chief of state is the President. Romania's president, Ion Iliescu , is the Democratic Convention leader.
Head of government is the Prime Minister. At the moment Adrian Nastase.
The Cabinet is the Council of Ministers, which is appointed by the prime minister.
Legislative branch:
Bicameral Parliament consisting of Senate and Deputy Chamber.
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court of Justice
Constitutional Court
The Parliament
The Romanian Parliament has two Chambers: The Senate and the Deputy Chamber. There are 341 Deputies and 143 Senators. They are elected by the people every 4 years. The present Parliament was elected in 1996. To find out more, visit The Parliament.
The President
The President is elected by the people every 4 years and can have a maximum of 8 years of service.
The Army
The Romanian Army is composed of: Terestrial Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Paramilitary Forces, Civil Defense.
Military service is compulsory for all males at age 20.
The Flag
The Romanian flag consists of three vertical bands (blue, yellow and red).
During the years of communist rule, the flag also had a coat-of-arms. Romanians fighting for democracy in the anti-communist upheaval of 1989 cut it out in a gesture of protest, making the flag with the hole a symbol of the Romanian Revolution.
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