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  The Geography of Romania
Romania is situated in the South-Eastern part of Central Europe at the contact with Eastern Europe and the Balkan peninsula.
The lower reaches of the Danube river to the South of Romania, represent the border between the Romanian plain and the Balkans.
Romania also has important thermal and mineral springs which, together with the beauty of the natural landscape and the wealth of ethnographic traditions, are significant tourist attractions.
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  Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast, Hungary and Serbia in the west and Bulgaria to the south.
Romania reached an agreement with the IMF in August for a US $547547 million loan, but release of the second tranche was postponed in October because of unresolved private sector lending requirements and differences over budgetary spending.
Romania was invited by the European Union in December 1999 to begin accession negotiations.
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 Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Union of Transylvania with Romania was ratified in the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.
Romania was granted in October 2004 the much desired 'functional market economy' status by EU officials, and is expected to join the EU in January 2007.
Romania now has one of the most liberal taxation systems in Europe, and it is expected that this, along with increased foreign investment, will boost economic growth in the coming years, as well as lower corruption and bring to light the grey economy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romania   (4263 words)

  
 Department of Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Geography of the Carpathians and Subcarpathians (VII) - JG 4701
Geography of the Carpathians and Subcarpathians (VII) - JE 4701
Geography of the Carpathians and Subcarpathians (VII) - JM 4701
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 About Romania - Brasov, geography, map, climate, relief, mountain, language, Carpathian, Danube Delta, Transylvania, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania is situated in Southeastern Europe (latitudes 43 37' 07" North and longitudes 20 15' 44" east) extending approximately 480 km North to South and 640 km east to West.
Romania is bordered to the North and East by Moldavia and Ukraine, to the Southeast by the Black Sea, to the South by Bulgaria, to the Southwest by Yugoslavia and to the West by Hungary.
Romania's relief is a complex and harmonious unity of a range of mountains, hills and plains, completed by the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Coast.
www.brasovtravelguide.ro /bv-en/romania/romania.php   (438 words)

  
 Romania : RO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania : RO Romania : RO Romania : RO Romania (formerly sometimes spelled Rumania and Roumania) is a country in southeastern Europe.
The modern Romania was born when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia merged in 1859, and became independent in 1881.
Romania reached an agreement with the IMF in August for a US $547 million loan, but release of the second tranche was postponed in October because of unresolved private sector lending requirements and differences over budgetary spending.
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 Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 under the domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
Union of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.
Romania now has one of the most liberal taxation systems in Europe, and this, along with increased foreign investment, is expected to boost economic growth in the coming years, as well as lower corruption and bring to light the grey economy.
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 Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Parts of Romania were incorporated by the Soviet Union in 1940, mostly comprising the present-day country of Moldova.
The official language is Romanian, a Latin language member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, which are also called Romanic, and are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world, but mainly in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
Romania is the only Eastern Bloc country where a Romance language is spoken.
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 Romania (08/05)
Romania's location gives it a continental climate, particularly in Moldavia and Wallachia (geographic areas respectively east of the Carpathians and south of the Transylvanian Alps) and to a lesser extent in centrally located Transylvania, where the climate is more moderate.
Romania was an ally of the Entente and the U.S. in World War I, and was granted substantial territories with Romanian populations, notably Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina, after the war.
Romania is a country of considerable potential: rich agricultural lands; diverse energy sources (coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, and nuclear); a substantial, if aging, industrial base encompassing almost the full range of manufacturing activities; an educated, well-trained work force; and opportunities for expanded development in tourism on the Black Sea and in the mountains.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35722.htm   (7251 words)

  
 Romania - Gurupedia
Romania reached an agreement with the IMF in August for a
The average gross wage per month in Romania is 8,065,813 lei as of January 2004, an increase of a significant 7.8% over the previous month.
Latin language member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, which are also called Romanic, and are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world, but mainly in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
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 Romania Geography (Location, Area, Map, Land, Climate, Terrain, Environment)
Romania's rivers are mainly tributaries of the Danube.
Romania's average annual temperature is 11C (52F) in the south and on the coast, 2C (36F) in the mountains.
Romania's multiethnicity is most obvious in Transylvania where 1,600,000 ethnic Hungarians live, with the highest concentration in the eastern counties of Covasna and Harghita, where their ancestors, the Szekely, settled in the 10th century.
www.aboutromania.com /geography.html   (2362 words)

  
 Romania Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
With an area of 237,499 square kilometers, Romania is slightly smaller than the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and is the twelfth largest country in Europe.
Of its 3,195 kilometers of border, Romania shares 1,332 kilometers with the Soviet Union to the east and north.
Romania's exterior boundaries are a result of relatively recent events.
www.country-studies.com /romania/geography.html   (468 words)

  
 EuroSoccer Academy of the USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania has much to offer travelers looking for adventure.
Situated in central Romania and surrounded by Carpathian Mountains, the city is an important commercial, manufacturing and railroad center.
It is located in southern Romania, near Bucharest.
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 Romania - A brief history and geography, including the real Dracula
Present-day Romania is just slightly smaller in area than Great Britain (or about the size of New York and Pennsylvania combined), with a population of about 23 million.
Romania in its present form has been in existence only since 1859, but can trace its history to the era around 2000 B.C.E. Over its four thousand years, Romania's geographical location between western Europe and the East has forced its citizens to defend their land through almost continual wars, invasions, occupations, oppressions, and massacres.
From 1965 to 1989, the Romanians were subjected to arguably the worst despotic regime among the Soviet Bloc countries: that of Nicolae Ceausescu who, along with his wife Elena, destroyed historical villages and buildings, confiscated essentially everything of value, and literally stole the food from his own people.
www.catteacorner.com /romania.htm   (755 words)

  
 Romania Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania is bordered on the north and northeast by Moldova, on the east by Ukraine, on the west by Hungary and Yugoslavia, and on the south by Bulgaria.
Moldavia, in northeastern Romania, extends from Transylvania to the Prut River along the border with Moldova.
Banat, in western Romania, extends from the western mountains to Yugoslavia and Hungary.
www.globalvolunteers.org /1main/romania/romaniageography.htm   (542 words)

  
 World InfoZone - Romania Information - Page 1
Romania is in South East Europe and is bordered by the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro and Ukraine.
Romania's landscape consists of hills, mountains and plains.
Romania's population was estimated at 22,329,977 in 2005.
www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=Romania   (435 words)

  
 Background Information on Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania is one third mountains, one third hilly plateaus and one third, fertile fields.
Romania's cuisine was somewhat influenced by the other peoples that lived on its territory such as the ethnic Hungarians and Germans that are still living in the middle and western parts of Romania.
Romania is a beautiful country and the people are immensely hospitable.
members.aol.com /simonagscu/romania.html   (1369 words)

  
 Romania Geography
Romania is located Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine.
The terrain of Romania is almost evenly divided among hills, mountains, and plains; mountains dominate center and northwest; plains cover south and
Romania is Transitional from temperate in southwest to continental in northeast.
www.nationbynation.com /Romania/Geo.html   (46 words)

  
 Romania (01/04)
Romania has also attracted foreign direct investment, which in 2000 grew to $6.47 billion, of which an estimated 7.7% was U.S. direct investment.
Romania is scheduled to become a full NATO member in 2004.
Secretary of State Powell visited Romania in December 2001 for the OSCE summit and Deputy Secretary of State Armitage attended the Bucharest meeting of the Vilnius 10 heads of governments in March 2001.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/r/30866.htm   (6025 words)

  
 Seminars: Critical Data Evaluation: Population Dynamics - Student   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
British geography has neglected the study of central and eastern Europe and although the area has been in the news over the last decade, few will be confident about locating individual countries on a map.
Romania is divided into 40 Counties and one Municipality, the capital city Bucharest (Bucuresti), which has about 10% of the total population.
Romania that speaks the name of each County as the user ‘clicks’ on it and provides information on population dynamics, geography and economic life in Romania.
www.hope.ac.uk /gnu/seminars/theme3/stu3_4.htm   (2034 words)

  
 Geography of Romania - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Also largest city in the country, except for summer, when 50% to 80% of the population migrates to the seaside (see Tourism in Romania) to show off the expensive cars that during the rest of the year turn the mother city in to a huge parking lot.
They are the poorest guys of the town, but they can prove you wrong, as all day long they are sitting like sultans, with hundreds of their childs running almost naked all around, drinking a stinky beer called Hatzegana in the rithm of Manele music.
With a population greater than Caracal’s or Bucharest’s it is the center of economy in Romania, despite the fact that it’s population is nomad (maybe the last nomad people on Earth).
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Romania   (2900 words)

  
 Romania
The Carpathian Mountains divide Romania's upper half from north to south and connect near the center of the country with the Transylvanian Alps, running east and west.
Ferdinand, king of Romania - Ferdinand, 1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27), nephew of Carol I. The second son of...
Elizabeth, queen of Romania - Elizabeth, 1843–1916, queen of Romania, consort of King Carol I, whom she married in 1869.
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 SHAPE Speeches: Remarks/Media Availability SACEUR Gen Ralston - Romania, 27-28 June 2000
I am delighted to have been in Romania, where I could meet with political and military leadership, with the President of Romania, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister, the Chief of Defense and with members of the Romanian Parliament.
One can see that Romania is surrounded by potential areas of instability, and because of the unique geography of Romania I think it's very important that Romania can be an area of stability for southern Europe.
With regard to the chances of Romania to be integrated into NATO, this is a question that is more appropriate for the political authorities, because obviously it is a political decision as to the timing of integration into NATO.
www.nato.int /shape/opinions/2000/06/s000627b.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Romania - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In June 1992 Romania signed an agreement with the IMF that required the government to restrict the monthly inflation rate to 1.5% and to continue with its rapid economic reforms.
On Feb. 1, 1993 Romania signed an association agreement with the EC that resulted in most of Romania's tariffs and quotas on industrial exports to the EC being abolished.
On Sept. 28, 1993 Romania was admitted to the Council of Europe and on Oct. 21, 1993 the US granted Romania "most-favored-nation" trade status.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/romania.htm   (1539 words)

  
 Romania -> Government on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Romania is a parliamentary republic governed under the constitution of 1991.
Television broadcasting leads Romania's march toward on open, democratic society.
Romania's nitrogen and methanol industries: with one of the largest fertilizer and methanol industries in eastern Europe, Romania has had to adapt to the changing circumstances produced by the fall of the Berlin Wall...
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 Geography of Romania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
mi.), (A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe) Romania occupies the greater part of the lower basin of the (The 2nd longest European river; flows into the Black Sea) Danube River system and the hilly eastern regions of the middle Danube basin.
In (National capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania) Bucharest, the daily minimum temperature in January averages -7°C (20°F), and the daily maximum temperature in July averages 29°C (85°F).
central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the (A mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area) Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/geography_of_romania.htm   (404 words)

  
 Travel to Romania : Romania Travel Guide : discount hotels, tours and vacation
Petty crime is on the rise in Romania with Westerners being a primary target.
Romania is situated in south-eastern Europe, between latitudes 43-37'07'' and 48-15'06'' north and longitudes 20-15'44'' and 29-41'24'' east, extending approximately 480 km north to south and 640 east to west.
Aliens who travel to Romania have the prior obligation to apply for a visa at a diplomatic mission or consular office, except those citizens arriving from countries with which Romania concluded agreements on abolition of visa requirements or has renounced unilaterally at the visa requirement...
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 Geography Of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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