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Romania is a country in the south east corner of Europe.

Romania has a border on the Black Sea.

The land is a mixture of mountains and plains.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Romania, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 46 00N
Longitude - 25 00E

The capital of Romania is Bucharest.

Romania is a presidential republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of the government.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote.

The currency in Romania is the new leu. Romania is a member of the European Union, having joined in 2007.

Romanian is the official language.

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The Romanian flag is 3 equal vertical stripes of blue, yellow and red. The colours are those of the principalities of Walachia (red and yellow) and Moldavia (red and blue) which united in 1862 to form Romania.

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These are the words to the Romanian National Anthem called Wake up, Romanian. It was adopted in 1990. This is a translation of the words.

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Wake up, Romanian, from your deadly sleep
Into which you’ve been sunk by the barbaric tyrants
Now, or never, your fate renew,
To which your enemies will bow to.

Now or never let’s give proof to the world
That in these veins still flows a Roman blood,
That in our chests we still maintain our pride in a name
The victor in his battles, the name of Trajan!

Watch on, shadows of highnesses, Mihai, Stefan, Corvinus,
The Romanian Nation, your great grandchildren,
With weapons in their arms, with your fire in their veins,
“Life in freedom or death!” shout all.

Priests, lead with your crucifixes! Because our army is Christian,
The motto is Liberty and its goal is holy,
Better to die in battle, in full glory,
Than to once again be slaves upon our ancient ground!

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The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media

The total land area of Romania is 229,891 sq kms which is the 11th largest in Europe.

Romania has lakes, rivers and canals which total 8,500 sq kms.

Romania has boundaries with 5 countries

• Moldova 683 kms
• Bulgaria 605 kms
• Ukraine 601 kms
• Serbia 531 kms
• Hungary 424 kms

Romania has a coastline of 225 kms which is the 24th longest in Europe.

The highest point in Romania is Moldoveanu at 2,544 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.

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The total population of Romania is 21.60 million people, making it the 8th largest country in Europe by population.

Of this number 11.09 million are females and 10.51 million are males.

A person from Romania is called a Romanian.

To be a citizen of Romania, one of your parents must be a citizen of Romania. It is not sufficient to be born in Romania. You have to live in Romania for 5 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Romania, by population are:-

• Bucharest 1,877,155 people
• Bucharest Sector 3 385,439
• Bucharest Sector 6 367,760
• Bucharest Sector 2 345,370
• Iasi 381,012

For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. Each little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.



54.6% of the people live in cities or towns.

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The birth rate in Romania is 9.5 births per 1,000 of population

The death rate in Romania is 11.9 deaths per 1,000 people.

Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 8.2 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 11.0 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 42.1 and for males is 39.3. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 26.9.

The elderly dependency ratio is 25.2. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 4.0. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Romania spends 5.6% of its total income on health care.

There are 2.49 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 6.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

22.5% of the population are estimated as obese.

100% of Romanians have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

92.2% of the urban population and 63.3% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.

Romania releases 76.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 13th highest in Europe.

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Romania spends 2.9% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 6 in Romania. Primary education is for five years until age 11 and secondary education must continue till 16 but can go on to 18/19. This may be followed by further education at a university or college.

Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the middle of September and finishes in the middle of June. There is usually a 2 week break at Christmas and Easter, and a one week break in the middle of the second term.

98.%% of females and 99.1% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.

20.6% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 21.8% are unemployed while with males 19.9% can't find work.

The total number of people available for work in Romania is 9.13 million.

They work in the following sectors.

• Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
• Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
• Services is everything else

6.7% of the workforce are unemployed.

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There are 26 paved airports in Romania, which is the 19th highest number in Europe.


There are 11,268 kilometres of railways in Romania, the 9th longest in Europe.


There are 49,873 kilometres of roads in Romania, which means Romania is in 23rd place for the most kilometres of roads in Europe.

There are 6 major national newspapers in Romania.

There are 23.12 million mobile phone users.

20% of the people have a fixed landline.



12.08 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).

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