ROMANIA- INFO

BASIC

• Surface Area: 237 500 sq km
• Borders: Bulgaria, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary and Black Sea
• Capital City: Bucharest
• Population: 21 546 873 (2007)
• Official language: Romanian
• Population (Age structure & projected population growth):
  • Population aged (0-14) - 15.3%
  • Population aged (15-64) - 69.8%
  • Population aged (65+) - 14.9%
  • Population growth rate: minus 0.42% (medium variant from 2005-2010)

ECONOMIC

• Natural Resources:
  crude oil, with old exploitation traditions; natural gas; coal, especially coking pitcoal, brown coal and lignite; ferrous and nonferrous ores, gold, silver and bauxite ore deposits; vast reserves of salt as well as numerous nonmetalliferrous resources
• Industries:
  Textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining.
• Agriculture – products: Wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep.
• Currency & Code : Romanian Leu; Code:ROL
• Industrial Growth: n/a
• GDP (in currency): 118 EUR billions (2007)
• GDP Growth::6% (2007)
• GDP per capita: 5,377.33 EUR (2007)
• Consumer Inflation: 5% (2007)
• Unemployment: 6% (2007)
• Foreign Direct Investment: (in currency): n/a
• Current Account(in currency): minus 16.631 EUR billions (2007)
• Public Debt: (as % of GDP): n/a
• External debt(in currency): n/a
• Exports(in currency): n/a
• Imports(in currency): n/a

TRAVEL TIPS

CLIMATE

• Romania’s climate is temperate-continental of transition,with oceanic influences from the West, Mediterranean ones from South-West and continental-excessive ones from the East.

GETTING AROUND

• Car Rental Companies: Active Rent a Car, In Front Cars
• Taxi Companies: Cristaxi, Perrozzi, Proftaxi,Taxi 2000, Eurostil Taxi
• Banks: National Bank of Romania, Alpha Bank Romania, ATE BANK Romania, BANCPOST, BLOM Bank France, Banca Comerciala Romana ,Citibank Romania

WHERE TO STAY

• Luxury Hotels: Radisson SAS Hotel Bucharest, Centre Ville Aparthotel, Tulip Inn Bucharest City Hotel, Hotel Central, Pullman Hotel Bucharest

WHAT TO SEE

• Main Squares: Victory Square
• History and Culture: Romanian Athenaeum,Stavropoleos Church, The Village Museum , The Parliament Palace, National Art Museum
• Shopping:
• Parks and Gardens: Cismigiu Gardens