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  1. Date of Independence: 1881 (from the Ottoman Empire)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: December 8, 1991
  3. Population: 22,334,312 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 91,699 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Bucharest
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: oil, timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt
  8. Main Industries: mining, timber, construction materials, chemicals, machinery, food processing, petroleum processing
  9. Agriculture: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, potatoes, grapes, dairy products
  10. Currency: leu
  11. GDP: $90.6 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $4,050 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German
  14. Religions: Christianity (Romanian Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: 97%
  16. Life Expectancy:    67 years (male)
  17.                 75 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 10 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 12 deaths per 1,000 population