GENERAL INFORMATION
Official name: Romania (a name adopted in 1862, after the 1859 Union of the Romanian Principalities of Wallachia/ Tara Romaneasca and Moldavia)
Form of government: republic
International status: member of UNO (since 1955), UNESCO (since 1956), the Council of Europe (since 1993), NATO (since March 29th 2004), European Union member (as of January the 1st, 2007)
Capital: Bucharest (municipality situated in the south of the country, with an area of 228 square kms), first documented in 1459.
Geographical position: state in the south-east of Central Europe, in the north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the lower Danube and bordering on the Black Sea. From west to east, Romania is crossed by some 9 meridians (between 20 degrees 15 minutes 44 seconds longitude West and 29 degrees 41 minutes 24 seconds longitude East). From north to south, Romania is crossed by some 5 parallels (between 48 degrees 15 minutes 6 seconds latitude North and 43 degrees 37 minutes 7 seconds latitude South).
Area: 238,391 square kilometres(91,843 square miles) . Romania is Europe's 12th largest country.
Borders: around 3,150 kilometres, of which one-third are land borders and two-thirds are on waters (the Tisa and Prut rivers, the Danube river and the Black Sea). The Romanian Black Sea Coast sperads over some 245 kms of coastline.
Neighbours: Hungary (to the west and north-west), Ukraine (to the north and east), Republic of Moldova (to the north-east and east), the Black Sea (to the south-east), Bulgaria (to the south) and Serbia (to the south-west and west)
Official language : Romanian - a neo-Latin language
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