Cultural destination: Romania

Continent: Europe

Land area: 238,391 km. 92,043 sq mi

Population: 19,511,000 (2015)

Capital: Bucharest

Largest cities: Bucharest

Monetary unit: Romanian leu

Geographic features: bordering the Black Sea, the country is half way between the equator and the North Pole, and equidistant from the western most part of Europe.