Romania is located in Southeast Europe, bordered by Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Ukraine and Moldova. With a population of over 22 million people, most of whom are Romanian, the country has a temperate continental climate and Bucharest as its capital city. The largest civilian building in the world, the Palace of the Parliament, is located in Bucharest along with several important castles such as Bran Castle and Peles Castle.

1. ROMANIA IN BRIEF
Official name :Romania

2.  Romania is situated in South-East Europe, between
latitudes 43˚ North and 48˚ North and longitudes 20˚ East and 29˚
East, about half-way between the Equator and the North Pole. It
covers an area of 237,500 sq. km. ranking twelfth in size among
the countries of Europe.

3. The neighbouring countries are Bulgaria in the south,
Serbia in the south-west, Hungary in the west, Ukraine in the north and
the south-east and the Republic of Moldova in the east. In the south-
east, Romania is bordered by the Black Sea for a distance of 245 km.
Romania is member of NATO and the European Union .

4. Flag : Blue, yellow and red, in
vertical stripes, from left to
right, respectively .

5.  Romania´s population is 22.7 million. The
country is inhabited by Romanians (89.4%),
Hungarians (7.1%), Germans (0.5%) and other
nationalities (3%) and has a population density of
about 96 people per sq. km.
 The Romanian language is a Latin language.
The grammatical structure and most of the basic
word stock are of Latin origin.
 Government:Bicameral parliamentary republic.
 Climate: Temperate continental.

6. Capital: Bucharest, first mentioned in 1459.
It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the
country, and lies on the banks of the Dambovita River.
According to unofficial data, the population is more than 3 million.
Bucharest is the 6th largest city in the European Union by
population within city limits.

7.  The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest is the
world's largest civilian building (according to the World
Records Academy) and it can be seen from the moon. It was
designed and nearly completed by the Ceausescu regime as
the seat of political and
administrative power.
Nicolae Ceausescu
named it the House of
the Republic,
but many Romanians
still call it the
People's House.

8. •Bran Castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate
vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in
Romania.
•The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania
and Wallachia
•Dracula is
supposed to
have lived here.

9. •Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the
Carpathian Mountains, in Sinaia, on an existing medieval
route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873
and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883.
•It was the summer
residence of the
former kings of
Romania.
• It was
the first electrified
castle in Europe.

10. Traditional Romanian music This presentation was made by the
performed by Grigoras Romanian students involved in the
Dinicu (1889-1949) I.W.E.R Comenius project.