Southeast Europe
Flag of Romania
Where Latin Europe meets the Carpathian wilds.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #001878 33%
- #f0c000 33%
- #c00018 33%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Romania in numbers
| Official name | Romania |
|---|---|
| Capital | Bucharest |
| Region | Southeast Europe, Europe |
| Population | 19,286,123 |
| Area | 238,391 km² · 81 people per km² |
| Currency | Romanian leu (RON) |
| Languages | Romanian |
| Country codes | RO · ROU · .ro |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- Romanians speak a Romance language descended from Latin, an island of Rome's tongue ringed by Slavic and Hungarian neighbors.
- The Carpathian Mountains arc through the country and shelter one of Europe's largest populations of brown bears, wolves, and lynx.
- The Danube fans out into the vast Danube Delta before reaching the Black Sea, a wetland labyrinth that hosts hundreds of bird species.
Did you know
The medieval prince Vlad III of Wallachia, nicknamed Dracula, lent his name to Bram Stoker's vampire centuries after his death.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.