Capital:Bucharest
Population:22,329,977
Area:237,500 sq km
Climate:temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
Languages:Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
Currency:leu (ROL)
Government:republic
Religions:Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
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