AREA ................................................
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237.500
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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22.355.551 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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94,1 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Bucharest
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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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 census)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Leu (RON)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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8480 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,565 (58th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Black Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Moldoveanu 2544 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin; kingdom proclaimed 26 March 1881); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.ro
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+40
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