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Republic of Romania
President: Traian Basescu (2004)
Prime Minister: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu (2004)
Area: 91,699 sq mi (237,500 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 22,355,551 (growth rate: –0.1%);
birth rate: 10.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 27.2/1000; life
expectancy: 71.1; density per sq mi: 244
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper)
Other large cities: Iasi, 320,000; Cluj-Napoca, 316,400;
Timisoara, 316,100; Constanta, 309,000; Craiova, 301,100, Galati,
297,100; Brasov, 282,500
Monetary unit: Leu
Languages: Romanian (official), Hungarian,
German
Ethnicity/race: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian
6.6%, Roma (Gyspy) 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian
0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002)
Religions: Romanian Orthodox 87%, Protestant
6.8%, Roman Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Islam) 0.4%,
unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
Literacy rate: 98% (2003 est.)
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 3.777
million (1997); mobile cellular: 645,500 (1999). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998). Radios:
7.2 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 48
(plus 392 repeaters) (1995). Televisions: 5.25 million
(1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 38 (2000). Internet
users: 1 million (2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 11,385 km (3,888 km
electrified) (2002). Highways: total: 198,603 km; paved:
98,308 km (including 113 km of expressways); unpaved: 100,295 km
(2000). Waterways: 1,724 km (1984). Ports and harbors:
Braila, Constanta, Galati, Mangalia, Sulina, Tulcea. Airports:
65 (2002). |
