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Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania. 1 December. Ziua Națională a României. National Day of Romania. It celebrates the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania . 25-26 December. Crăciunul. Christmas Day. Both first and second Christmas Day are holidays.
Territorial evolution of Romania, 1859-present (animated map). Divisions of Wallachia, 1601-1718 Divisions of Moldavia, 1601-1718 Divisions of Transylvania, 1606-1660. The earliest organization into județe of the Principalities of Wallachia, respectively ținuturi of Moldavia, dates back at least to the early 15th century.
Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe, having an area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi). [243] : 17 It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N and longitudes 20° and 30° E. The terrain is distributed roughly equally between mountains, hills, and plains.
The Roma constitute one of Romania's largest minorities. According to the 2011 Romanian census, they number 621,573 people or 3.08% of the total population, being the second-largest ethnic minority in Romania after Hungarians, [21] with significant populations in Mureș (8.9%) and Călărași (7,47%) counties.
The Government is the public authority of executive power that functions on the basis of the vote of confidence granted by Parliament, ensuring the achievement of the country's domestic and foreign policy and that exercises the general leadership of public administration. The Government is appointed by the President of Romania on the basis of ...
Lesser spoken languages in Romania include: Serbo-Croatian (26,732: 20,377 Serbians, 6,355 Croatians ), Slovak (16,108), Bulgarian (6,747), Greek (4,146). The use of French developed among Romanian elites from the 18th century. Patrick Leigh Fermor, who visited Romania in 1934, noted that although the elites were all bilingual, their mother ...
Geography of Romania. / 46.000°N 25.000°E / 46.000; 25.000. With an area of 238,397 km 2 (92,046 sq mi), Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe. It is a Balkan country located at the crossroads of Eastern and Southeast Europe. It's bordered on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and ...
The territorial evolution of Romania ( Romanian: Evoluția teritorială a României) includes all the changes in the country's borders from its formation to the present day. The precedents of Romania as an independent state can be traced back to the 14th century, when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were founded.