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Area: 238,391 sq km
Population: 22.6m
Capital City: Bucharest (population: 2m)
People: Romanian (89.4%); Hungarian (7.1%); German (0.5%)
Languages: The official Language of Romania is Romanian. Hungarian, Romany and German are often spoken as first languages by the Hungarian (Magyar), Roma and Sasi (Transylvanian Saxons) minorities. English and French are widely spoken.
Religion(s): Orthodox (86.8%); Roman Catholic (5%); Reformed (3.5%); Protestant (3.5%); Greek
Catholic, Unitarian and others (1.2%)
Currency: Leu, plural Lei
Major political parties: Government: PNL (National Liberal Party); UDMR (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania); Opposition: PD (Democratic Party); PSD (Social Democratic Party); PRM (Greater Romania Party); PC (Conservative Party); PLD (Liberal Democratic Party); PC (Conservative Party)
Government: Parliamentary Democracy
President: Traian Basescu
Prime Minister: Calin Popescu Tariceanu
Foreign Minister: Adrian Cioroianu

Membership of international groupings/ organisations: Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE) (2001 Chairman-in-Office); United Nations (UN); International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank; International Finance Corporation (IFC); Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Bank for International Settlements (BIS); World Trade Organisation (WTO); Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA); Council of Europe (CoE) (2005-06 Chairman); Stability Pact; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ; PfP; European Union (EU)

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