Capital city:
Geographic
position:
in the south-east of
Climate: temperate-continental,
four seasons
Features: mountains, hills,
plains, and delta
Population: 21,680,976 (March
2003, source: National Statistics Institute)
Ethnic
structure:
Romanians - 89.5%; Hungarians (including Szecklers)- 6.5%; Roma - 2.5%; other ethnic groups -1.5%
Religious
structure:
Eastern Orthodox - 86.7%; Roman-Catholic - 4.7%; Protestant - 3.2%; Pentecostal
- 1.5%; other religions - 3.8%
Form of
government:
republic, NATO and EU member
President of
Legislative power:
The Parliament of Romania (471 members in the 2008-2012 legislature) has two Chambers: the Senate of Romania
(137 members) and the Chamber of Deputies (334 members).
President of Senate:
Mircea
President of Chamber of Deputies: Roberta Alma Anastase
Executive power: The
Government of Romania