Romania President: Traian Basescu (2012) Prime Minister: Victor Ponta (2012) Land area: 88,934 sq mi (230,339 sq km); total area: 91,699 sq mi (237,500 sq km) Population (2011 est.): 21,848,504 (growth rate: –0.26%); birth rate: 9.49/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.73/1000; life expectancy: 74.22; density per sq mi: 207 Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Bucharest, 2,200,000 (metro. area), 2,042,000 (city proper) Other large cities: Cluj-Napoca, 309,136; Timisoara, 303,708; Iasi, 263,410; Constanta, 254,693; Craiova, 243,765, Galati, 231,204; Brasov, 227,961 Monetary unit: lei Current government officials Languages: Romanian 91% (official), Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 1.2% Ethnicity/race: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma (Gyspy) 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002) end status law extending special social and cultural benefits to ethnic Hungarians in Romania, who protest the law

The song I chose I chose Celebrating Life by Lira because I feel that the people in Romania are enjoying their lives, and their cultures are very interesting. http://www.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ejc.net/uploads/media_landscapes/romania1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/romania&usg=__BlgpCZ7Bo6p8eeAasrQjQk1NxXU=&h=375&w=500&sz=234&hl=en&start=5&zoom=1&tbnid=sNxtbdhFL4MrdM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&ei=Rz-HUp-eLc-1hAey84GwAg&um=1&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CDQQrQMwBA

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