Tori Stoenica

Type Republic President Traian Basescu (2007) Prime Minister Calin Popescu- Tariceanu (2004)

 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) %

 southeast Europe  slightly smaller than Oregon  Carpathian Mountains divide upper half from north to south  Transylvanian Alps & Plateau

 the Roman province of Dacia from about A.D. 100 to 271  World War I they were neutral  Bulgarian Empire (8th–10th century) brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity  1967–1989, Nicolae Ceausescu wound the iron curtain tightly around Romania  1989 led to Ceausescu's overthrow, trial, and execution.