Facts and Figures

The Flag
The national flag of Romania is a tricolour: blue, yellow and red. Basically, the three colours so dear to the Romanians are to be found in banners dating back to the time of Mihai Viteazul and even Ştefan cel Mare. The colours are placed vertically as follows: blue (hoist), yellow (in the middle) and red (fly).

National Anthem of Romania
The lyrics of the national anthem belong to Andrei Mureşan (1816-1863), a Romantic poet, journalist, translator, a genuine tribune of the times marked by the 1848 Revolution. The music was composed by Anton Pann (1796-1854), a poet and ethnographer, a man of great culture, a singer and author of music textbooks. The poem became an anthem in 1990 under the title Deşteaptă-te române (Awaken, Romanian) and spontaneously earned recognition owing to its energetic and mobilising message.

National Day: December 1st
Form of Government: Republic, with two legislative bodies: Senate and Chamber of Deputies.
Currency: Leu (pl. lei)
Surface: Romania spans a total surface of 237,500 square kms. (roughly 91,800 sq.miles). The teritory is divided into 41 counties.
Official language: Romanian
Population: 21,698,181 (2002 estimate)
Romanians: 89,5%
Hungarians: 6,6%
Rroma: 2,5%
Germans: 0,3%
Ukrainians: 0,3%
Major cities
Bucharest (capital ever since 1659), Iaşi, Timişoara, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa

source: http://www.unibuc.ro/uploads_en/images/71/ERASMUS2.pdf