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Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania; Romanian: România) is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast; Hungary in the west; Serbia and Bulgaria to the south along the Danube (Romanian: Dunăre) River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the Black Sea and the eastern and southern Carpathian mountains run through its centre. Its capital is Bucharest.

Romania is due to join the European Union on January 1, 2007.

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Căile Ferate Române (Romanian Railways, abbreviated as CFR) is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. CFR manages the fourth-largest railway network in Europe, in terms of volume of passengers and freight. The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger and freight services. CFR as an entity has been operating since 1880, even though the first railway on current Romanian territory was opened in 1854.

Technically, CFR is divided into four autonomous companies: CFR Călători, which is responsible for passenger services; CFR Marfă, responsible for freight transport; CFR Infrastructură, which manages the infrastructure on the Romanian railway network; and Societatea Feroviară de Turism, or SFT, which manages scenic and tourist railways.

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The Romanian Athenaeum

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Did you know

...that the Danube Delta in Romania is Europe's second largest and best preserved delta?
...that the Romanian language is the only Romance language where definite articles are enclitic?
...that, with an area of 238,391 km², Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe?
...that Romania's Palace of Parliament , despite the building process not being completely finished, is the biggest building in Europe?
...that Romania renominated its currency, the leu, in July 2005, so that 10,000 old lei equal 1 new leu?
...that Timişoara, a city in western Romania, was the first European city to have electric streetlights?
...that Bucharest's RATB mass transit network is the fourth largest in Europe?
...that Romania is joining EU in January 1st 2007?

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Timişoara listen (help·info) (Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeswar / Temeschburg, Serbian: Temišvar, Turkish: Tamışvar) is a city in the Banat region of western Romania. With a population of 305,977 in 2004 (329,554 in 2000), it is the capital of Timiş County. It is frequently known in English simply as Timisoara.

All of the variants of its name derive from the Timiş River, known in Roman Antiquity as river Tibisis or Tibiscus. Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily Germans, Magyars, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Palestinians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan). Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built Timişoara's footbridge over the Bega. An industrial city with extensive services, it was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps (the city was the part of Hungary then).