Information about Romania
Location
Romania is in south eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea. With a total of 2,508 km land boundaries, Romania shares borders with Bulgaria (608 km), Hungary (443 km), Moldova (450 km), Serbia and Montenegro (476 km), and Ukraine 531 km.
Statistics
- Area: 237,500 km² (land: 230,340 km² water: 7,160 km²)
- Population: 22,355,551 (July 2004)
- Capital: Bucharest
- Language: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
- Religion: Eastern Orthodox 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2%
- Climate: temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
- Time Zone: GMT +2hrs
- Currency: Romanian Leu [ROL]
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