Romania

Romania

Romania ranks 29th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Denmark, Greece, and Switzerland. Memorable people born in present day Romania include Vlad the Impaler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Leo I the Thracian. Memorable people who died in Romania include Ovid, Vlad the Impaler, and Nicolae Ceaușescu. Romania has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players.

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of 238,397 km2 (92,046 sq mi) with a population of 19 million people. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southeast of the country. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of 2,544 m (8,346 ft). Bucharest is the country's largest urban area and financial centre. Other major urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța and Brașov. Read more on Wikipedia