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          AREA ................................................
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          237.500 
                kmq 
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            POPULATION ..................................
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          22.355.551 in. 
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            DENSITY .........................................
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          94,1 in/kmq 
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            CAPITAL ..........................................
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          Bucharest 
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            LANGUAGES ....................................
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          Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
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            RELIGIONS ......................................
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          Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census)
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            CURRENCY ......................................
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          Leu (RON)
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           GDP per CAPITA .............................
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          8480 $ (2004)
          
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           HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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          0,565 (58th place)
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              LOWEST POINT ...............................
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          Black Sea 0 m
         
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            HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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          Moldoveanu 2544 m
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             INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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          9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin; kingdom proclaimed 26 March 1881); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed)
          
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             INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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          Republic
          
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             WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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            .ro
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                  COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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          +40
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