ROMANIA ROMANIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 1881 FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 8 1991 POPULATION 22334312 1999 EST AREA 91699 SQ MI CAPITAL BUCHAREST FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL TIMBER NATURAL GAS COAL IRON ORE SALT MAIN INDUSTRIES MINING TIMBER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CHEMICALS MACHINERY FOOD PROCESSING PETROLEUM PROCESSING AGRICULTURE WHEAT CORN SUGAR BEETS SUNFLOWER SEEDS POTATOES GRAPES DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY LEU GDP 90.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4050 1998 EST LANGUAGES ROMANIAN HUNGARIAN GERMAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMANIAN ORTHODOXY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 12 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
