Romania

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Romania

• Vanessa Worsley
• February 9, 2006

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Geography

• Located in Southeastern Europe
• Borders the Black Sea
• Borders Bulgaria, Hungary,Moldova, Serbia and
  Montenegro, and Ukraine
• Area-237,500 sq km
• (a bit smaller than Oregon)

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History

• Has been a part of the Roman Empire and the
  Ottoman Empire. It was also part of the
  communist block until 1989.
• Nicolae Ceausescu was dictator from 1965 to 198.
  He was overthrown and executed in 1989.
• Joined NATO in 2004
• Hopes to join the European Union. Currently, it
  looks like it will join in 2007.

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Government

• Type- Republic
• Capital- Budapest
• Independence- Romania proclaimed its from the
  Ottoman Empire on May 9. 1877. Its independence
  was recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of
  Berlin. On December 30, 1947, Romania was
  proclaimed a republic.
• The constitution was signed December 8, 1981.
  Revisions to the constitution went into effect
  October 29, 2003
• National Holiday- Unification Day (of Romania and
  Transylvania),
• December 1, (1918)

Romanias Flag
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People

• Population- 22,329,977
• Ethnic Groups- Romanian 89.5, Hungarian 6.6,
  Roma 2.5, Ukrainian 0.3, German 0.3, Russian
  0.2, Turkish 0.2, other 0.4
• Religion- Eastern Orthodox 86.8, Protestant
  7.5, Roman Catholic 4.7, other (mostly Muslim)
  and unspecified 0.9, none 0.1
• Languages- Romanian is the official language.
  Hungarian and German are also spoken.

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Fun Facts

• Some sources suggest that Dalmatians came from
  Romania.
• Transylvania is in Romania. Dracula was a real
  person. He was known as Vlad III Dracula, or
  Vlad the Impaler, and he lived in the 1400s.

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References

• CIA World Factbook
• http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
  /ro.html
• Wikepedia The Free Encyclopedia
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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