Coordinates: 46°N 25°E / 46°N 25°E / 46; 25Romania
(/roʊˈmeɪniə/ (listen) ro-MAY-nee-ə; Romanian: România
[romɨˈni.a] (listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of
Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It shares land 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. It has a predominantly temperate-continental
climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 square
miles), Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the
seventh-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).
(/roʊˈmeɪniə/ (listen) ro-MAY-nee-ə; Romanian: România
[romɨˈni.a] (listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of
Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It shares land 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. It has a predominantly temperate-continental
climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 square
miles), Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the
seventh-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).
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