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ROMANIADavid higginsMAP OF EUROPE SHOWING ROMANIA

MAP OF ROMANIA

ROMANIAN FLAG AND NATIONAL ANTHEM Desteapa-te roman: The lyrics were composed by Andrei Muresanu. It was written and published during the 1848 revolution. Initially the name was Un rasunet (an echo)

MAIN FACTS

President:Traian Basescu(2012)Prime Minister:Victor ponta(2012)Population: 21,848,504Land area : 88,9342miles (230,339 km2)Currency: LeiLanguages: Romanian (91%), Hungarian (6.7%), Romany (Gypsy 1.1%),other (1.2%)Capital city : Bucharest

ROMANIAS AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACTS

Romanias main agriculture mainly consists of wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes and sheep.Its main industries are textiles, footwear, light machinery, mining, timber, petroleum refining, chemicals and food processing

Romanias parliament palaceRomania is most renowned for its beautiful castles and palaces, which were built right up until the 20th centuary. It also has the 2nd largest building in the world.

EthnicityRomanian 89.5%Hungarian - 6.6%Roma gypsy - 2.5%Ukranian - 0.3%German - 0.3%Russian - 0.2%Turkish - 0.2%Other - 0.4%

ReligionEastern orthodox 86.8%Protestant 7.5%Roman Catholic 4.7%Other(mostly muslim) 0.9%None 0.1%

Famous peopleIn 1976 Nadia Comaneci was the first person to ever score a perfect 10 in gymnastics in the Olympics.

Brief history

From about 100AD to 271AD most of Romania was the roman province of Dacia.Barbarian tribes conquered and overran the native Daco roman populationAfter the Ruso-turkish war of 1828-1829 Romania became russian protectoratesAt the begining of world war 1 Romania proclaimed its neutrality but it later joined the allied side and declared war on the central powers. Brief historyThe armistice of november 11th 1918 gave romania vast territories from Russia and the Austro-hungarian empire,doubling its size.During world war 2 Romania was reorganised along fascist lines.Around 270,000 jews altogether were massacred in fascist RomaniaThanks for watchingBy David higgins