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Romania EUROPE WORLD

Romania in Europe

Romania Figures and Facts


Romania is a country in the South Eastern part of Europe. Europe. Population 21.4 million  National Currency : LEU  Boundaries: Its neighbors are: To the South-East, it is bordered by the Black Sea SouthTo the South: Bulgaria To the West: Serbia and Hungary To the North: Ukraine To the East: Moldova Romania spans a total surface of 238,391 square kms. kms. (roughly 91,800 sq.miles). sq.miles).

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Official Name: ROMNIA


(ROMANIA in English, ROUMANIE in French, RUMNIEN in German). French,


Capital city: Bucharest city: Climate: temperateClimate: temperate-continental, four seasons Features: Features: mountains, hills, plains, and delta Population: Population: 21,680,976 Ethnic structure: Romanians - 89.5%; Hungarians (including structure: Szecklers) Szecklers)- 6.5%; Roma - 2.5%; other ethnic groups -1.5% Religious structure: Eastern Orthodox - 86.7%; Roman-Catholic-4.7%; structure: Roman-CatholicProtestant - 3.2%; Greek-Catholic - 0.9%, Evangelical - 0.1%; Unitarian Greek0.3%; other religions - 0.4% 4

Some geography


Our country is blessed with all the major forms of landscape: The Carpathian Mountains (maximum height 2535 m, 8300 ft) cross the country from the north to the south-west. south-west. To the west of the Carpathians lies a large plateau. To the East and South there are extended low plains fit for agriculture.

The Danube flows along the southern border with Bulgaria and into the Black sea forming a magnificent delta.

Romania
A Country with

Carpathians Mountains, rivers and

lakes
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Carpathian Mountains

Olt

Valley

Retezat

Mountains

Balea

Lake

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Balea

Lake

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Piatra

Craiului Mountains
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Retezat

Mountains Bucura lake

Red

lake

Danube

Delta

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Swan

from Danube Delta

Gura

Portitei in the Danube Delta, a wonderful place in Romania

Danube

Delta
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Danube

Delta

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Danube

Delta (evening)

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Danube

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Danube

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Danube

Valley
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C E R N A V O D A

B R I D G E

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The Black

Sea

A 245

Km

coast

Black

Sea

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Black

Sea

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Black

Sea

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Black

Sea

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Constanta

Casino

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Romania
a country with

palaces, castles, monuments of art

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Huniazilor Castle

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Bran

Castle

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Rasnvov

Citadel

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Sighisoara Citadel, County

Mures

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Peles Castle

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ROMANIA a country with picturesque MONASTERIES and authentic customs


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Sucevita Monastery

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RANCA Neamt Monastey

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Namaiesti Monastery, County Arges

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Barsana

Monastery

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Putna Monastery

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Voronet Monastery

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Horezu Monastery

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Traditions

This Latin country is proud of its harmonious mixture of natural beauties, of rich and vivid traditions and folklore, an extraordinary multicultural and religious heritage that looks forward to being discovered.  For exemple, the Romanian traditional costume gives us an impression of great unity, despite its regional variants. The art of clothing is one of the most vast and complex domains of traditional art.


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E

a s t e r


e g g s

Transylvanian

Brandy Jug (Oas) (Oas)

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Romanian ceramic saucers

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Romanias rugs
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Sapanta

Cemetery

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Towns in Romania
Bucharest (capital) Buzau

(our city) Timisoara Sibiu Cluj Brasov

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Bucharest

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Bucharest is

the capital city, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country. Bucharest proper has a population of 1,944,367. The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2 million people.
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Palace of the Parliament Palace of the Parliament

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Arc

de Triomphe

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Victory

Palace

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Cismigiu Park

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Herastrau

Park

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Buz

u County

is a city in the South-Eastern part of Romania, in Wallachia, and a Southcounty seat of the homonym county. Situated on the right bank of the Buzau river, it has got about 133 000 inhabitants; archbishopric seat; industrial and cultural city.

Buzau

Crang

Park

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George

Ciprian Theater

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County Library

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Dacia

Square

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Pedagogical High

School (our school)

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Cities

and towns in Romania

are 7 big cities with about 350 000 inhabitants and about 25 cities and towns with more than 100 000 inhabitants.

There

Victory

Square

Timisoara

Night

panorama of Timisoara

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Sibiu

Sibiu

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Brasov

Brasov 72

Sfatului Square

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Cluj-Napoca Cluj-

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Unirii

Square

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The Romanian educational system


      

Nursery school: organised according to the age (3-6/7) school: (3Compulsory formal education, on two levels: education, levels: Primary school: forms from the 1st to the 4th (age 7-11); school: Secondary school (gymnasium): grades from the 5th to the 8th(age 11-15). 11High school: grades from the 9th to the 12th or the 13th, as normal school: education or reduced frequency and evening classes. Vocational school: 3-4 years, as normal education or evening classes, for school: 3- years, crafts in all the fields. fields. Complementary school : (apprenticeship), 2 years, practical training pour (apprenticeship), years, some certain jobs.

: (public and private universities, short duration (2 - 3 years) and long duration(4-6 years). duration(4Postgraduate courses: Masters and Doctoral studies
Higher Education Special-need education, all Specialeducation, Romania takes

levels, except higher education, for disabled students and with special needs.

part in European community programmes: Lifelong Learning Program and Youth in Action, e-twinning etc. e-

Famous

Romanians

Gheorghe 

Hagi

Ilie Nastase

Nadia

Comaneci

Ion

Tiriac

Petrache

Poenaru

Nicolae Paulescu

Henri Coanda

George Emil Palade

Emil Cioran

Mircea

Eliade

Eugen Ionescu

Stefan

Odobleja

Mihai

Eminescu

Constantin Brancusi

George Enescu

Gheorghe

Zamfir
Ana Aslan Dumitru Staniloae

Sergiu

Nicolaescu

Maia

Morgenstern

Marcel

Iures

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