Outline of Romania

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Romania:

Romania – unitary semi-presidential republic located in Central-Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea to the south-east, between Bulgaria and Ukraine. It also borders Hungary to the west, Serbia to the south-west, and the Republic of Moldova to the east. It covers 238,391 square kilometres (92,043 sq mi) and has a predominantly temperate continental climate.

With c. 19 million inhabitants (as of early 2022), it is the seventh most populous member state of the European Union (EU). Its capital and largest city, Bucharest, is the fourth largest city in the EU. It encompasses the historical regions of Wallachia (including Dobruja), Moldavia (including Bukovina), Transylvania (including Banat, Maramureș, and Crișana). Romania derives from the Latin romanus, meaning "citizen of Rome".

General reference

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Romania
Official English country name: Romania
Common endonym(s): România
Official endonym(s): Român
Adjectival(s): Romanian
Demonym(s): Romanian
Etymology: Name of Romania
ISO country codes: RO, ROU, 642
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:RO
Internet country code top-level domain: .ro

Geography of Romania

Geography of Romania

Romania is:
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
  - Europe
    - Central Europe
    - Eastern Europe
- Time zone: Eastern European Time (UTC+02), Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03)
- Extreme points of Romania
  - High: Moldoveanu 2,544 m (8,346 ft)
  - Low: Black Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: 2,508 km

Bulgaria 608 km

Ukraine 531 km

Serbia 476 km

Moldova 450 km

Hungary 443 km

Coastline: Black Sea 225 km

Population of Romania: 19,638,000 (2017) – 65th most populous country
Area of Romania: 238,391 km²
Atlas of Romania

Environment of Romania

Geographic features of Romania

Regions of Romania

Administrative divisions of Romania

Regions of Romania
- Counties of Romania
  - Municipalities of Romania

Regions of Romania

Development regions of Romania These are the 8 development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country:

Macroregiunea 1:
- Nord-Vest (6 counties)
- Centru (6 counties)
Macroregiunea 2:
- Nord-Est (6 counties)
- Sud-Est (6 counties)
Macroregiunea 3:
- Sud-Muntenia (7 counties)
- București-Ilfov (1 county and Bucharest)
Macroregiunea 4:
- Sud-Vest Oltenia (5 counties)
- Vest (4 counties)

Counties of Romania

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Name	Common abbrev.	Capital	Area (km²)
Alba	AB	Alba Iulia	6,242
Arad	AR	Arad	7,754
Argeș	AG	Pitești	6,862
Bacău	BC	Bacău	6,621
Bihor	BH	Oradea	7,544
Bistrița-Năsăud	BN	Bistrița	5,355
Botoșani	BT	Botoșani	4,986
Brașov	BV	Brașov	5,363
Brăila	BR	Brăila	4,766
Buzău	BZ	Buzău	6,103
Caraș-Severin	CS	Reșița	8,514
Călărași	CL	Călărași	5,088
Cluj	CJ	Cluj-Napoca	6,674
Constanța	CT	Constanța	7,071
Covasna	CV	Sfântu Gheorghe	3,710
Dâmbovița	DB	Târgoviște	4,054
Dolj	DJ	Craiova	7,414
Galați	GL	Galați	4,466
Giurgiu	GR	Giurgiu	3,526
Gorj	GJ	Târgu Jiu	5,602
Harghita	HR	Miercurea Ciuc	6,639
Hunedoara	HD	Deva	7,063
Ialomița	IL	Slobozia	4,453
Iași	IS	Iași	5,476
Ilfov	IF	Buftea	1,583
Maramureș	MM	Baia Mare	6,304
Mehedinți	MH	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	4,933
Mureș	MS	Târgu Mureș	6,714
Neamț	NT	Piatra Neamț	5,896
Olt	OT	Slatina	5,498
Prahova	PH	Ploiești	4,716
Satu Mare	SM	Satu Mare	4,418
Sălaj	SJ	Zalău	3,864
Sibiu	SB	Sibiu	5,432
Suceava	SV	Suceava	8,553
Teleorman	TR	Alexandria	5,790
Timiș	TM	Timișoara	8,697
Tulcea	TL	Tulcea	8,499
Vaslui	VS	Vaslui	5,318
Vâlcea	VL	Râmnicu Vâlcea	5,765
Vrancea	VN	Focșani	4,857
București	B	(Bucharest municipality)	228