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ROMANIA – FACTS AND FIGURES
Location
Romania is situated in Southeastern Central Europe. Its borders are: Hungary to the northwest, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, the Black Sea to the southeast, Ukraine to the east and to the north and Republic of Moldova to the east.
Physical features
Romania features splendid mountains (31% of territory), beautiful rolling hills (36% of territory), fertile plains (33% of territory) and numerous rivers and 3,500 lakes. The Carpathian Mountains traverse the centre of the country bordered on both sides by foothills and finally the great plains of the outer rim.
Forests cover one quarter of the country and the fauna is one of the richest in Europe including bears, deer, lynx, Chamonix and wolves.
The legendary Danube River ends its eight-country journey at the Black Sea, after forming one of the largest and most biodiverse wetlands in the world, the Danube Delta – a UNESCO Biosphere Reservation.
Romania has a surface of 237,502 sq. km (91,725 miles). The capital of Romania is Bucharest (Bucureşti).
Regions
Transylvania –“the land beyond the forest” is located in Central Romania, surrounded by the arc of the Carpathian mountain chain;
Banat & Crisana is located at Romania’s western border. Crisana borders Hungary in the north and banat borders Serbia in the south;
Bucovina &Moldova is located in the northeastern Romania, between the Carpathian Mountains and the Prut River. Bucovina is situated in the northern part of the region of Moldova, bordering with Ukraine;
Note: The region of Moldova is not to be confused with the Republic of Moldova, its eastern neighbor.
Dobrogea is located in the southeastern Romania, between the Danube River and the Black Sea;
Maramures – located in the northwest Romania, bordering Ukraine in the north, Satu Mare county in the west.
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