Romania, located in Europe and bordering the Black Sea, features various regions such as Transylvania and Bukovina, with Bucharest as its capital and largest city. Notable attractions include Peles Castle, Bran Castle, and the Black Sea, alongside a diverse culinary heritage influenced by Turkish and Greek cuisine. The country is ethnically diverse, primarily Romanian, and speaks Romanian, a Romance language.

1. Romania
By: Gergie

2. Location
• Romania is located in
Europe and borders
the Black Sea
• Bordering countries
include: Hungary,
Ukraine, Moldova,
Bulgaria, and
Yugoslavia

3. The Romanian Flag
Blue-
Yellow-
Red-
Generosity
Truth
and
Loyalty
Bravery
and
Strenght

4. Regions
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Maramures
Bucovina
Crisana
Transylvania
Moldova
Banat
Walachia
Dobrogea

5. Romania’s Attractions
Bucharest
Castles
The Black Sea
Monasteries

6. Capital: Bucharest
• The largest city in the country
• Industrial, cultural, and financial center of
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Romania
1,944,367 people in the city
The sixth largest city in the European Union

7. Peles Castle
• Located in the western Bucegi
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mountains (an hour away from
Bucharest)
Built by King Carol 1 in the 19th
century as the royal family's
summer home
Has many historical artifacts

8. Bran Castle
• Vlad Dracula's medieval fortress castle
• Built in 1377 to protect nearby Brasov
from invaders
• Wasn’t often used by Dracula

9. The Black Sea
• Has an area of
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422,000 km²
Maximum depth is
2,210 m
Most important
river that flows into
the Black Sea is
the Danube River.

10. Mamaia Beach
• Biggest seaside tourism
resort in Romania
• Located near Constanta
city
• Erosion is a problem at the
beach
• Has had harsh storms in
the past

11. Putna Monastery
• Romanian Orthodox
• Built in medieval Moldavia, by Prince
Stephan the Great, in 1466
• It was rebuilt in 1653

12. Cuisine
• Influences come from: Turkey,
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Greece, and Bulgaria
Most popular dishes are:
-musaca
-ghiveci
- ardei umpluţi

13. Language: Romanian
• Spoken by 24 to 28 million people
• It’s a Romance Language
• Has an official status in: Romania,
Republic of Moldova, and the
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in
Serbia.

14. Currency
1 Romanian lei = 0.353594 U.S. dollars

15. Ethnic Groups
Romanian 89.5%
Hungarian 6.6%
Roma 2.5%
Ukrainian 0.3%
German 0.3%
Russian 0.2%
Turkish 0.2%
Other 0.4%

16. Carpathian Mountains
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932 mi
Largest mountain
range in Europe
Has one third of
all European plant
species
Goes through
Slovakia, Poland,
Hungary, and
Ukraine

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