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Geographical position: Romania is situated in Southeastern Europe and it borders on Ukraine (North and East), the Republic of Moldavia (East), Hungary (West and North-West), Serbia (South-East), and Bulgaria (South). The country has an area of 238.391 km 2 . Flag.
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Geographical position: • Romania is situated in Southeastern Europe and it borders on Ukraine (North and East), the Republic of Moldavia (East), Hungary (West and North-West), Serbia (South-East), and Bulgaria (South). • The country has an area of 238.391 km2. • Flag. • red, yellow and blue vertical color bands, with blue on the hoist side.
Official name: Romania Official language Romanian • Capital • Bucharest (2,064,000 inhabitants), first referred to by scholars in 1459 • Population • 21,733,556 inhabitans, 89% of which are Romanian • The largest ethnic minorities are: Hungarians and Szeklers (7.1%), Rroma (1.7%)
Time Zone - Summer: GMT + 3(the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October); - The rest of the year: GMT + 2 Climate - transitional between temperate and continental. The average summer temperature is between 22oC and 24oC, reaching values of 38oC. During winter, the average temperature remains below -3oC
System of government • bicameral parliamentary republic • European status - member of the European Union, starting January the 1st, 2007. • Official holidays • 1st of December – National Day of Romania; • 1st and 2nd of January – New Year; • 1st of May – Labor day; • The first and second day of Easter; • 25th and 26th of December – Christmas • National currency • LEU (RON) 1 leu = 100 bani. Banknotes currently circulating are: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 RON. Coins currently circulating are : 1, 5, 10 and 50 bani.
Dominant religion • Orthodox (86.8% of population). • Catholic (5%), Greek-Catholic (1%), Protestant (3.5%), other religions (3.7%)
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