GENERAL
INFORMATION ON ROMANIA
Location: | State situated in South-Eastern Europe, north of the Balkan Peninsula, in the Lower Danube basin, bordering on the Black Sea |
Area: | 238,391 sq. km (91,500 sq. miles) - 13th country in Europe and 80th in the world as size. |
Area Distribution: | arable land (39.2%), forests (28%), pastures and hayfields (20.3%), vineyards and vine nurseries (2.5%), waters and ponds (3.7%), buildings, roads and railways (6.1%). |
Climate: | Temperate-continental with four clear-cut seasons. In the winter the average temperature is -3ºC, while in the summer the temperature averages 22 -24ºC. Average annual rainfall: ca. 640 mm. |
Population: | (census, 7 Jan. 1992): 22,810,035 inhabitants (ranked 13th in Europe and 43rd in the world). Urban population: 55%; rural population: 45%. Population density: 95.7 inhabitants per sq. km. (ranked 26th in Europe and 74th in the world). |
Ethnic structure: | 89.4% Romanians and 10.6% ethnic minorities. Birth rate: 10.5‰, death rate 13.2‰, natural growth -2.7‰. Life expectancy: 69.05 years for men and 73.09 for women. Population structure by age: 0-14 years (19.2%), 15-59 years (62.3%), 60 years and over (18.5%). |
Capital: | Bucharest (1,521 sq. km, with a population of 2,354,510) |
Administrative Division: | 40 counties and Bucharest municipality, 260 towns, 2,688 communes (with 13,000 villages). |
Main Cities: | Constanta (350,581), Iasi (344,425), Timisoara (334,115), Cluj (328,602), Galati (326,141), Brasov (323,602), Craiova (303,959). |
Ports: | On the Black Sea: Constanta, Mangalia,
Sulina. On the Danube: Turnu Severin, Giurgiu, Calarasi, Cernavoda, Braila, Galati, Tulcea. |
Airports: | Bucharest - Otopeni, Constanta - Mihail Kogalniceanu, Suceva, Arad, Timisoara, Sibiu - for international traffic. |
Currency: | 1 leu (plural: lei). |
State organization: | Republic, according to the Constitution voted by Parliament on November 21st, 1991 and validated by referendum on December 8th 1991. The legislative branch is represented by the two-chamber Parliament (the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate), elected for a 4-year term. The president is elected by universal vote for a maximum of two 4-year terms. |
Working hours: | Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4pm. |
National and legal holidays: | January 1st and 2nd (New Year), Easter Monday, May Day, December 1st (Romania's national day), December 25th and 26th (Christmas). |
Holiday season: | mainly during months of July and August |
Time: | GMT +2 |
How to obtain entry visas: | US citizens may enter and stay in Romania, without a visa, for a period not exceeding 30 days. |
Transportation to Romania: | Airlines: TAROM,
Delta, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, Swissair, Malev,
Austrian Airlines, KLM, etc For more information on airlines visit http://bucharest.com/bol/travelf.html, or http://bucharest.com/bol/sncfr.html for international trains. |