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| | MSN Encarta - Romania |
 | | About 43 percent of land in Romania is cultivated for crops or used for orchards, and the soils in most parts of the country are fertile. |
 | | Romania also holds a wealth of mineral deposits, particularly petroleum, natural gas, salt, hard coal, lignite (brown coal), iron ore, copper, bauxite, chromium, manganese, lead, and zinc. |
 | | Before World War II (1939-1945), Romania was largely a nation of farmers, with more than three-quarters of the population living in isolated rural villages. |
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