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Romania


Romania
România
Flag Coat of arms
AnthemDeşteaptă-te, române!
Awaken, Romanian!

Location of  Romania  (dark green)– on the European continent  (green & dark grey)– in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]
Location of  Romania  (dark green)

– on the European continent  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]

Capital
(and largest city)
Bucharest (Bucureşti)
44°25′N 26°06′E / 44.417°N 26.1°E / 44.417; 26.1
Official language(s) Romanian1
Ethnic groups  89.5% Romanians, 6.6% Hungarians, 2.5% Romma, 1.4% other minority groups
Demonym Romanian
Government Semi-presidential republic
 -  President Traian Basescu (PD-L)
 -  Prime Minister Emil Boc (PD-L)
 -  Pres of Senate Mircea Geoană (PSD)
 -  Chamber Pres Roberta Anastase (PD-L)
Legislature Parlamentul României
 -  Upper House Senate
 -  Lower House Chamber of Deputies
Formation
 -  Transylvania 1003 
 -  Wallachia 1290 
 -  Moldavia 1346 
 -  First Unification 1599 
 -  Reunification of Valahia and Moldavia January 24, 1859 
 -  Officially recognised independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878 
 -  Unification with Transylvania December 1, 1918 
EU accession January 1, 2007
Area
 -  Total 238,391 km2 (82nd)
92,043 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) 3
Population
 -  July 2009 estimate &000000002221542100000022,215,421[1] (51st)
 -  2002 census 21,680,974 
 -  Density 90/km2 (104th)
233/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
 -  Total $258.892 billion[2] 
 -  Per capita $12,131[2] 
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
 -  Total $168.644 billion[2] 
 -  Per capita $7,902[2] 
Gini (2005) 31 (low) (21st)
HDI (2010) increase 0.767[3] (high) (50th)
Currency Romanian leu (RON)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 -  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code RO
Internet TLD .ro4
Calling code 40
1 Other languages, such as Hungarian, German, Turkish, Crimean Tatar, Greek, Romani, Croatian, Macedonian, Ukrainian and Serbian, are official at various local levels.
2 Romanian War of Independence.
3 Treaty of Berlin.
4 The .eu domain is also used, as in other European Union member states.

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