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Romania

Country name	Romania (RO) - addopted 1862, after the unification of Moldova with Wallachia
Location	South-Eastern Europe 45° north (middle distance between Equator and North Pole) 25° east
Main cities	Bucharest (capital), Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Constanta, Suceava
Administrative division	41 counties and Bucharest municipality (2,5 million inhabitants) 263 towns out of which 25 with over 100.000 inhabitants
National Day	Dec. 1st (Unification of the Romanian historical regions and proclamation of the Republic of Romania, 1918)
Coat of Arms	(adopted 1992) Eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sword and a scepter in its claws as well as the symbols of the 5 historical provinces: Walachia, Moldova, Transylvania, Maramures, Dobrogea.
Language	Romanian, of Latin origin. Also spoken: german, hungarian, english, french.
Currency	Romanian LEU
Religion	main: Romanian Orthodox also: Catholic, Lutheran, Refomed, Muslim, Jewish, Adventist, Unitarian, Pentecostal, Baptist
Population and ethnic groups	21.698.181 (2002): 89% Romanians, 7% Hungarians, Gipsies (2,5%) several other minorities: Germans, Turks, Jews, Serbians, Croatians, Armenians, Greeks, Ukraniean etc.
Surface	238.391 sqkm (11th of Europe, 79th in the world)
Climate	temperate continental; winter: cold, frequent snow summer: hot, with showers, storms
Terrain	hills (33%) mountains (31%) plains (36%) Black Sea - 0m, Moldoveanu - 2.544m
Telephony	International code +0040 mobile phone networks: Vodafone, Orange, Zapp, Cosmorom.