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Romania. Pop - 21,498,616. Area - 238,391 km2 . Capital - Bucharest. Largest City – Bucharest. Currency – Leu. Language – Romanian. Main Religion – a secular state, with no national religion. Time Zone – GMT + 2 hours. Main Airports – Bucharest (Henri Coanda OTP, Aurel Vlaicu BBU), Timisoara TSR, Cluj-Napoca CLJ. Climate – transitional between temperate and continental with four distinct seasons. Voltage guide 230V. Dialing code 40. Romania is located on the Black Sea and is bordered by Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Moldova, and Ukraine. The country is a fascinating mixture of historic cities, mountain scenery, medieval fortresses, sunflower fields, Black Sea coastline, Danube Delta, and unspoilt rural areas. The country is divided into 9 regions: Transylvania (most famous region of Romania and home of the fictional Dracula), Banat (western-most province), Oltenia (caves and health resorts), Bucovina (famous Painted Monasteries), Maramures (beautiful mountain landscapes), Crisana (on the Hungarian border), Dobrogea (seaside province), Moldavia (historical cities and castles), and Wallachia (Home to the capital Bucharest). Romania is rich in mountain and forest landscape with a large population of wild animals including a large number of bears. In towns such as Brasov bears are regularly seen searching for food scraps.

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