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Romania
Location marker · geographic overview
46° N / 25° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Bucharest
- Population
- 19,051,804 2024
- Area
- 238,391 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Romanian
- Currency
- Romanian leu (RON)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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Discover Romania
FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Romania
Romania (Romanian: România) is a country of great natural beauty and diversity and a rich cultural heritage, including a variety of ethnic, linguistic, and confessional groups. Romania enchants visitors with its scenic mountain landscapes and unspoilt rural areas, but also with its historic cities and busy capital. There has been significant development, especially since it joined the European Union in 2007.
Landscape & landmarks
Whether you're looking for stunning landscapes, ancient cultural traditions, bustling city life or beautiful historic heritage; no visitor to Romania needs to search for things to see. This country is home to a range of top sights, especially when you'd like to get a feel for the old Europe, the time of monasteries and castles.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Romanian food is distinct yet familiar to most people, being a mixture of Balkan cuisine and Central European cuisine, but it has some unique elements.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-03. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Southeast Europe
- Calling code
- +40
- Internet domain
- .ro
- Land border codes
- BGR, HUN, MDA, SRB, UKR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ro. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.