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A proud country: Romania (I)

Romania, like every country in the world, has its story. A beautiful,
interesting story, with special events, some good, but also some sad. Our
existence as a people and a nation began more than 2000 years ago.
Location: State located in the south-east of Central Europe, on the
lower course of the Danube, north of the Balkan peninsula, and the largest
stretch of the Danube Delta and the southern and central part of the Carpathian
Mountains.
The capital of the country is Bucharest, a city that was apparently
named after a shepherd, Bucur, who settled with his flocks in today's modern
and welcoming places, with good monuments and museums to visit.
The first documented mention of Bucharest can be found in a charter of
Ruler Vlad Țepeș, also called “The Impaler”. Why? Find out!
Some examples of memorable places you can enjoy seeing in
Bucharest: The Museum of the Village, the Museum of the Roman Peasant,
National Art Museum, "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History).
The area covered by Romania is 238,391 km², to which is added
23,700 km² from the Black Sea platform.
Population: About 20 million inside the country, almost 10 million
outside it.