Romania

Europe  

Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine.

46 00 N, 25 00 E

President Traian Băsescu	Prime Minister Emil Boc

Capital
Bucharest

Government
Semi-presidential republic

Religion
Eastern Orthodox 86.8%, Protestant 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1%.

Population
21,959,278

Ethnic group
89.5% Romanians, 6.6% Hungarians, 2.5% Roma, 1.4% other minority groups.

National Language                   
Romanian
          
National Day
1 December (1918) (Unification Dayof Romania and Transylvania)

Anthem
Deşteaptă-te, române!,Awaken, Romanian!

Currency
Romanian leu (RON)

Attractions
Romanian Village Museum, Transylvanian Alps

Website       

Art & Cultural

The ICON

The Village Museum The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herăstrău Park (Bucharest, Romania), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania. It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti, Victor Ion Popa, and Henri H. Stahl. There are other "village museums" throughout Romania, including ASTRA National Museum Complex in Sibiu.

Endless Column (Constantin Brancusi)