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Capital of Romania
Documentary attestation:
September 20, 1459
Population: 1.926.334
Surface: 228 kmē
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| About Romania |
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| Geographical position: |
In Central Europe, at an equal distance of continental limits (North, West and East - 2,900 Km), in the lower basis of Danube and on the eastern shore of Black Sea |
| Neighbors: |
Ukraine, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary |
| Total surface: |
237,500 square km, from which 63% worked on |
| Length of boundaries: |
3190.3 km |
| Time zone: |
GMT + 2 |
| Relief: |
31% mountains, 33% hills and plateaus, 36% fertile fields |
| Weather climate: |
Continental |
| Population: |
22,6 millions, 55% of the population live in urban area |
| Ethnical minorities: |
7% Hungarians, 2% Gypsies, 2% Germans, Russians, Serbians and other nationalities |
| Language: |
Romanian |
| Predominant religion: |
Orthodox Christians |
| Other religions: |
Catholic, Protestant, Judaic, Islamic |
| Capital: |
Bucharest - population 2,300,000, industrial and business center |
| Important towns: |
Constanta - population 348,00, navy transportation center, refinery, tourism center
Iasi - population 340,000, industrial and transportation center
Timisoara - population 328,000, industrial and business center
Galati - population 327,000, industrial and transportation center
Cluj-Napoca - population 326,000, industrial and business center
Brasov - population 324,000, industrial and tourism center
Craiova - population 306,000, industrial and transportation center |
| Fiscal year: |
1st of January - 31st of December |
| Currency: |
Leu (plural: Lei) |
| Exchange rate: |
16.488 Lei = 1 USD (October 1, 1999) |
| PIB: |
34.6 millions USD 1997 (based on the medium exchange rate from 1997), 338,670 billions Lei in 1998 |
| PIB increasement: |
1.9% by year during 1993 - 1997; 6.6% in 1997; 7.3% in 1998 |
| Inflation: |
109% by year during 1993 - 1997; 151.4% in 1997; 140.6% in 1998 |
| Administration of Romania |
| Governation form: |
Republic, organized as an unitary state |
| Head of the State: |
President |
| Birooml Parliament: |
Deputies Chamber - 341 deputies; Senate - 143 senators |
| Government: |
Designated by the President and confirmed by the Parliament |
| Local power: |
Prefects denominated by the government for the 41 counties of Romania |
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