Full name: Romania

Population: 22.6m (2009 estimate) The largest of the Balkan countries

Capital & largest city:  Bucharest  (2 million)

Area: 238,391 sq km (92,043 sq miles)

Borders: Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.

Ethnic Groups: 89.5% Romanians, 6.6% Hungarians, 2.5% Roma 1.4% other minority groups

Official Language(s): The official Language of Romania is Romanian. Hungarian, Romany and German are often spoken as first languages by the Hungarian (Magyar), Roma and Sasi (Transylvanian Saxons) minorities. English and French are widely spoken.

Major religion: Christianity. The majority is Orthodox (86.8%)

Form of government:  Parliamentary Democracy

EU: Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007

President: Traian Băsescu

Prime Minister: Emil Boc

Main exports: food and beverages, energy, metallurgy, crude oil processing, chemicals, light machinery and textiles, minerals

Major trading partners: Exports  – EU 60.1%, of which Italy  18.1%, Germany 15.8%, Turkey 7.7%, France 7.5%, Hungary 5% and UK 4.8%. US 2.5%.
Imports – EU  62.5%, of which Germany 15%, Italy 14.8%, Russian Federation  8.1%, France 6.5%, and UK 2.9%, Turkey 4.9%, China 4.2%

GDP per capita: $12,600 (2008 estimate)

Monetary unit: 1 new leu = 100 bani
International dialling code: +356
Internet TLD: .ro

Source & further information
BBC country profile Romania
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1057466.stm

Wikipidia Romania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Romania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania