General overview
- Official name : Romania (România). This name was adopted in 1862 after the formation of the Romanian State through the Unification of the Romanian principalities of Walachia and Moldavia in 1859.
- Area: 237, 500 km²
- Population: 20.121.641 (national population census 2011, National Statistics Commission).
- Capital: Bucharest
- Largest cities and number of inhabitants: Bucharest (1.883.425), Cluj-Napoca (324.576), Timisoara (319.279), Iassy (290.422), Constanza (283.872), Craiova (269.506)
- Official language : Romanian
- Regions: Romania is divided into 41 departments, each one has an area of approximately 6, 000 km²: Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constantza, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iassy, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu-Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea.
16 July 2012
