'''Romania''' (Romanian: România) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern [[Europe]]. It shares land borders with [[Country:Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] to the south, [[Country:Ukraine|Ukraine]] to the north, [[Country:Hungary|Hungary]] to the west, [[Country:Serbia|Serbia]] to the southwest, and [[Country:Moldova|Moldova]] to the east and has its opening to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea Black Sea]. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 square miles), Romania is the 12th-largest country in [[Europe]] and the 7th most populous member state of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union European Union], having approximately 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest Bucharest].