COUNTRY PROFILE: ROMANIA
July 2005
COUNTRY
Formal Name: Romania.
Short Form: Romania.
Term for Citizen(s): Romanian(s).
Capital: Bucharest.
Major Cities: According to the 2002 census, Bucharest is the largest city in Romania, with 1.9 million inhabitants. Other major cities, in order of descending size, include Iasi (320,888), Cluj-Napoca (317,953), Timişoara (317,660), Constanta (310,471), Craiova (302,601), Galati (298,861), Brasov (284,596), and Ploiesti (232,527).
Independence: July 13, 1878, from the Ottoman Empire; kingdom proclaimed March 26, 1881; and the Romanian People’s Republic proclaimed April 13, 1948.
Public Holidays: Romania observes the following public holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1), Epiphany (January 6), Orthodox Easter (variable date in April or early May), Labor Day (May 1), Unification Day (December 1), National Day and Christmas (December 25).
Flag:
The Romanian national flag has three equal vertical stripes of blue, yellow,
and red.