Romania


 * This page has been created by Jorge Rico, student from IES Parque de Lisboa (Alcorcón, Spain)**

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**Official country name:**
Romania

**Year that country joined the UN:**
1995

Geography:
The country is located in Southeastern Europe. The nations that border Romania are : Bulgaria (608 km), Hungary (443 km), Moldova (450 km), Serbia (476 km) and Ukraine (362 km). The country have a cold, cloudy winters wiht frequent snow and fog. Sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms.
 * Where is the country? (i.e. continent and region, for example Central Europe or North Africa)**
 * What other nations border the country?**
 * What climate does the country have?**

Economy:
The most common sector is the agriculture. Unemployment in Romania was at 3,9 % in septembre. The money is called Leu.
 * What is the most common sector of employment in the country ( i.e. business, agriculture and farming, governmentjobs, etc).**
 * What is the unemployment rate in your country (by percentage)?.**
 * What is the money called currenly in Romania?**

People:
The people from Romania are called Romanians. The official language is Romanian. Other languages are: Hungarian, German, Turkish, Crimean Tatar, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian, Ukranian and Serbian. Romania no have national religion, but the most practiced religion is the Romanian Orthodox Church. It is Bucarest, wich is also the capital of Romania.
 * What are the people from the country called( i.e. Mali-Malian, Spain-Spanish).**
 * What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?**
 * What is the most-practiced religion?**
 * What is the most populated city of Romania?**

Government:
The name of the leader is Train Basescu. It is a democratic government. Conservative Party, Democratic Liberal Party, Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. It got independence in 9 may, Romania independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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 * What are the main political parties of the country (socialist party, communist party, green party, republicans, democrats, etc?)**
 * Was your cuntry ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its independence?**