ROMANIA

LOCATION

Romania is located in Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east. The terrain is mostly plains and mountains. There are also lots of rivers.

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CLIMATE - temperate;

cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog

sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms

COUNTRY QUICK FACTS

AREA: 238,398 km²

(land: 229,891 km², water: 8,500 km²)

�POPULATION: 19.12 million

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ETHNIC GROUPS: Romanian, Hungarian, Romani, Ukrainian, German, other

COUNTRY QUICK FACTS

• Full name: Romania
• Capital: Bucharest
• Largest city: Bucharest
• Official language: Romanian
• Major religion: Eastern Orthodox (81.9%)
• Life expectancy: Male - 71.46 , Female - 78.59
• Monetary unit: Romanian leu
• Main exports: machinery & equipment, metals & metal products, textiles & footwear, chemicals, minerals & fuels, agricultural products
• GDP per capita – $20,210

USEFUL VOCABUARY

• HELLO: Salut!
• HOW ARE YOU: Ce mai faci?
• GOODBYE: La revedere!
• YES: Da.
• NO: Nu.
• THANK YOU: Mulțumesc!
• YOU’RE WELCOME: Cu plăcere.
• PLEASE: Te rog!
• I LOVE YOU: Te iubesc!

CURRENCY

• Romanian leu
• 1 Euro = 4.98 RON
• Romania is among the few countries in the world which use plastic or polymer banknotes. They are cleaner, more difficult to forge and last longer than the paper ones.

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TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

Timiș

Dobrogea

Cluj

Moldova

TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCES

Făgăraș

Maramureș

Moldova

Gorj

TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCES

TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN FOOD

Sarmale – cabbage rolls

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Ciorbă de fasole cu ciolan

bean soup with pork

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Mici – minced meat rolls

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Mămăligă - polenta

TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN FOOD

Piftie – pork jelly

Salată boeuf - beef salad

Drob de miel – lamb drob

Pomana porcului – pork stew

TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN FOOD

Pască – Easter cheesebread

Papanași

Mucenici – Moldavian martyrs

Cozonac - sweetbread

INTERESTING FACTS

• In the “Caves of Bones” in Romania, the oldest human remains on the continent of Europe (about 42,000 years old) were discovered.
• Romania is Europe’s richest country in gold resources.
• Dracula’s Castle is in Romania, the character Dracula was based on the Romanian Prince Vlad the Impaler.
• Romania was the first place in Europe to have electric street lighting
• The Romanian language is 1,700 years old and the only Romance language in Eastern Europe
• The first ever perfect 10 in the Olympics games was given to the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci (1976).

FAMOUS ROMANIAN PEOPLE

Nadia Comaneci (b. 1961)

Montreal Olympics - 1976

the first perfect 10 in gymnastics.

Sofia Ionescu (1920-2008) one of the first women neurosurgeon in the world.

Ilie Năstase, Simona Halep

tennis players

Herta Muller

Romanian – German novelist Nobel prize 2009

FAMOUS ROMANIAN PEOPLE

• Henri Coandă (1886 – 1972) – aerodynamics pioneer

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• George Emil Palade (1912 – 2008) – Romanian – American biologist – Nobel prize 1974

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• Gheorghe Hagi (b. 1965) - footballer

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• Constantin Brâncuși (1876 – 1957) - Romanian – French sculptor, painter and photographer.

PLACES TO VISIT

Bran castle

Peleș castle

Corvin castle

Castles

Dracula’s castle

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Brașov

Medieval Towns

Sibiu

Sighișoara

Oradea

Alba Iulia

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The Danube Delta

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Archaeological sites

Sarmizegetusa Regia

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Histria - ancient Roman city

Târgoviște – old capital

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Monasteries

Voroneț monastery

Sucevița monastery

The Three Holy Hierarchs Iași

Putna monastery

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Famous buildings and monuments

People’s house - Bucharest

Opera House - Timișoara

Palace of culture - Iași

The Casino – Constanța

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