Romania is a country located in Central and Eastern Europe, bordering Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has a temperate climate and covers an area of 238,397 square kilometers. Bucharest is the capital and largest city, with other major cities including Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube River flows through Romania and empties into the Danube Delta. Romania was formed in 1859 through the union of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia and gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.
Romania is a country located in Central and Eastern Europe, bordering Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has a temperate climate and covers an area of 238,397 square kilometers. Bucharest is the capital and largest city, with other major cities including Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube River flows through Romania and empties into the Danube Delta. Romania was formed in 1859 through the union of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia and gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.
Romania is a country located in Central and Eastern Europe, bordering Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has a temperate climate and covers an area of 238,397 square kilometers. Bucharest is the capital and largest city, with other major cities including Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube River flows through Romania and empties into the Danube Delta. Romania was formed in 1859 through the union of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia and gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.
Romania (/roʊˈmeɪniə/ ( listen) ro-MAY-nee-ə; Romanian: România [romɨˈni.
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located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders with Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east and has its opening to the Black sea.[9] It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 square miles), Romania is the 12th-largest country in Europe and the 7th most populous member state of the European Union, having approximately 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest. Other major urban areas include: Cluj- Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The River Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a generally southeasterly direction for 2,857 km (1,775 mi), coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of 2,544 m (8,346 ft).[10] Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.[11] Following World War I, after declaring its neutrality in 1914, Romania fought on the side of the Allied powers beginning in 1916. Afterwards Bukovina, Bessarabia, Transylvania as well as parts of Banat, Crișana, and Maramureș became part of the sovereign Kingdom of Romania.[12] In June–August 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and Second Vienna Award, Romania was compelled to cede Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, and Northern Transylvania to Hungary.