Population: 22,435,000 inhabitants with 55%
urban population (in December 2000). Structure on
nationalities: 89.4% Romanians, 10.6% national minorities
in which 7.1% Hungaries.Capital City: Bucharest with 2,016,131 inhabitants (November 1999).
Main cities: Bucharest, Constantza, Timisoara, Cluj Napoca, Iasi, Galati, Brasov, Craiova, Ploiesti.
Administrative
divisions:
commune, towns, counties. There are 41 counties and the
Bucharest Municipality, 262 towns (out of which 71 ranked
as municipalities) and 2686 communes with 13,000
villages.
State organization: parliamentary republic according to the constitution voted on 27 November 1991 with two parliamentary Chambers elected by universal suffrage for 4 years.
 The President of
Romania Mr. Ion Iliescu elected on 10 December, 2000 |
 and the Government of
Romaniais ruled by the Prime Minister Mr. Adrian Nastase. |
Language: Romania is the official language of Latin origin.
Foreign languages: English, French, German are often
spoken.
National currency: 1 leu and plural lei. On 3 May 2001: USD 1 0 ROL 28,234 and DM1 = ROL 12,600.
Local time: time of Eastern Europe (GMT + 2 hours) summer time (GMT + 3 hours) between the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October.
Free days:
- 1 December - National Day
- 1-2 January - New Year
- The second day of Easter
- 1 May - International Labour Day
- 25-26 December - Christmas
Measure system: metric system since 1886 and kilogram with its subdivisions.
Religion: 86.8% Orthodox, 5% Roman Catholic, 1% Greek-Catholic, 3.5% Reformed, 0.2% Moslem, 0.15% atheist, 3.35 other religions.