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| In February 2000 Lost Trails launched a long term project to document in image and sound many of the locations and artifacts mentioned by Herodotus. Lost Trails photographer Shane Solow travelled extensively through Romania to this end. | |||||||||||||
| Official Name: Romania Capital: Bucharest Geography  Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and UkraineArea: total: 237,500 sq km land: 230,340 sq km water: 7,160 sq km Population: 22,329,977 (July 2005 est.) Land boundaries: total: 2,508 km border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia and Montenegro 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km Coastline: 225 km Climate: temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms Terrain: central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps Elevation extremes: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m Natural resources: petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower Land use: arable land: 40.82% permanent crops: 2.25% other: 56.93% (2001 est.) Natural hazards: earthquakes most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides Environment—current issues: soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands Ethnic groups: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002 census) Religions: Eastern Orthodox 86.8%, Protestant 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census) Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German Industries: textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining Agriculture—products: wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, USA |
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