Romania

Country abbrevation: RO
Tel./ Internet ext.: +40 Internet: .ro
Time zone: +2 GMT
Official name: Romania
Languages: Romanian 91% (official), Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 1.2%

Government type: republic
Independence: 9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 March 1881 (kingdom proclaimed); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed)
Capital: Bucharest
Surface (sq. km): 237,500 sq km

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
Highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m

GDP: $254.7 billion (2009 est.)
GDP per capita: $11,500 (2009 est.)
Currency: "new" leu (RON) was introduced in 2005; "old" leu (ROL) was phased out in 2006; note - because of currency revaluation,
10,000 ROL = 1 RON
Inhabitants: 21,959,278 (July 2010 est.)
Major religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002)

Railways:  
Railway company: CFR (link) Network lenght: 1,385 km broad gauge: 60 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge (3,888 km electrified) narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
EU: Romania is since 01-01-2007 member of the EU.