Interesting Facts about Romania

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11 curious facts about Romania.

• The Danube River travels 2850 km through eight countries, drains the whole of Romania except the Black Sea coast, and completes its course in Romania's Danube Delta.
• The legendary Dracula, Prince Vlad Tepes, lived in Bran Castle in the Transylvania region of Romania.
• The largest Gypsy community in the world, an estimated two million people, lives in Romania. They are the country's largest ethnic minority and are called Romany.
• The Ploiesti oil fields north of Bucharest have been pumping out oil for over a century.