Project website: www.liceuldantealighieri.ro/nest/
School website: www.liceuldantealighieri.ro

BASIC FACTS ABOUT ROMANIA

OFFICIAL NAME: The Republic of Romania (Romania)
EU ADMISSION DATE: 01.01.2007
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: south-eastern Europe
NEIGHBOURS: Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova (Black Sea)
AREA: 238.291 km2
POPULATION: ca. 22 million
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION: 41 districts (judete)
CAPITAL: Bucharest (Bucuresti)
CHIEF CITIES: Timisoara, Cluj, Iasi, Pitesti, Ploesti, Constanta
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Romanian
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Moldoveanu (2.544 m)
LONGEST RIVERS: Danube, Cisa, Mures, Olt
CURRENCY:  l eu
MAIN RELIGION: Orthodox
FAMOUS PEOPLE: Gheorghe Hagi, Adrian Mutu, Eugen Ionesco, Mircea Eliade, Mihai Eminescu