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Final notes on Romania

●population about 22.5 million
●average salary $500-600/month
●10% unemployment
●10% of the population are gypsies (known as Romanies)  By the way, did you know that gypsies originated in India?
●its government is a democratic republic
●its name and language are direct "descendents" of the Roman influence between the first and third centuries A.D.
●it has the only Romance - based language in Eastern Europe
●literacy rate is 98
● religion is about 87% Greek Orthodox
The harbor at Constanta,  an early Roman port and still an important strategic military location on the Black Sea

Roman ruins from 200 A.D. at Port of Constanta



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