FAQ Romania
What is the capital of Romania?
With a population of around 2 million, Bucharest is the capital of Romania and also the largest city in the country. It is divided into six administrative districts and it lies in the south-eastern part of Romania, in the Romanian Plain (elevation 266 ft.). The State’s executive, legislative and judicial branches are all based in Bucharest.
What is the city also knows as “the City of the Great Union”?
Alba-Iulia (located in the center of the country) is the city where Transylvania's unification with the then Kingdom of Romania was proclaimed on 1st December 1918. This act led to the completion of Romania’s territory. Although it is a small city, Alba-Iulia is considered to be the spiritual capital of Romania.
Where do you go if you are in Romania and you want to go to the seaside?
Romania has access to the Black Sea and the coastline measures 140 miles. On a small stretch of this coastline (the southern part) lies a multitude of seaside resorts that provide all the amenities expected from a world-class tourist destination. The best known are: Mamaia, Neptun and Vama Veche.
What is Romania’s largest port city?
The port of Constanta, located on the shore of the Black Sea, is the largest port in Romania. It has a geostrategic position, being located on two Pan-European Transport Corridors: river Corridor VII (the Danube River) and railroad Corridor IV (Dresden/Nuremberg-Istanbul).
What is the second largest city in Romania?
After Bucharest, the capital city, Romania has a number of major cities that are roughly equal in size: Constanta, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara and Brasov. None of them exceeds 500,000 inhabitants.
Why has there been such a big fuss about the city of Sibiu lately?
The city of Sibiu (located in southern Transylvania) was designated European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, together with Luxembourg. This made it Romania’s preferred tourist destination in 2007. Sibiu is a well-preserved medieval town and the hub of the German minority in Romania.
What is the longest river in Romania?
The Danube is the second longest river in Europe after the Volga. It runs for the last 660 miles of its course on the territory of Romania. It enters the country at a spot called the Iron Gates and finishes its course in the Danube Delta (the second largest delta in Europe).
Are there any mountains in Romania?
Romania’s landscape is dominated by the Carpathian Mountains, a great mountain system that cuts through the country in a circular arc and covers about one third of Romania’s total area. The highest summit has an elevation of 8,346 ft. The Carpathian Mountains are spectacular all year round, but especially in winter. A number of resorts provide a complete range of winter sports facilities.
What is the Romanian currency?
The official Romanian currency is the Romanian “leu” (RON), plural “lei”. 1 “leu”=100 “bani”. The exchange rate at this time (April 2008) is about 1 USD=2.5 RON and 1 EURO=3.7 RON. On 1 July 2005, Romania's currency, previously coded as ROL, was denominated so that 10,000 ROL became 1 RON.
What is the primary resource of Romania?
The main resources of Romania are agricultural. Romania also holds a wealth of mineral deposits, particularly petroleum, natural gas, salt, hard coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, bauxite, chromium, manganese, lead, and zinc.
What are the three colors appearing on the Romanian flag?
The national flag of Romania is a tricolor: red, yellow and blue. It has not undergone major changes in the course of history. Only the distribution of the colors (in terms of proportion and position) changed to a certain extent, being made equal after the Revolution of 1848.
What is the name of the woman who gave birth to a baby at the age of 66?
Adriana Iliescu, a Romanian woman, set a world record when she gave birth at the age of 66 (16 January 2005). Her record stood until 2006.
What family of languages does Romanian belong to?
Romanian is a Romance language spoken by about 24 million people in Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. Romanian retains a number of features of Latin, such as noun cases, which other Romance languages dispensed with a long time ago. Romanian contains many words taken from the surrounding Slavic languages, and also from French, Old Church Slavonic, German, Greek and Turkish.