Romania

Romania is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast.

It has a predominantly continental climate, with a population of 19 million people. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați.

Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows southeast, before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak.

Romanian is spoken as a first language by 91.55% of the entire population, while Hungarian and Vlax Romani are spoken by 6.28% and 1.20% of the population, respectively.

Magical Culture

Craiova District Hospital is found here.

Quidditch

In 1809, Romania competed against New Spain in the 1809 Quidditch World Cup final.

Ministry for Magic

Timeea Báthory worked here in the Foreign Affairs department.

Magical Education

Romanian wixes can attend Durmstrang

Native Magical Beasts

• Romanian Longhorn
• Doxy
• Dugbog
• Graphorn
• Nogtail
• Vampire

Romanian Dragon Sanctuary

There is a Romanian Dragon Sanctuary.

Dragons there include:

• Chinese Fireball
• Norwegian Ridgeback
• Hungarian Horntail
• Common Welsh Green
• Swedish Short-Snout
• Ukrainian Ironbelly
• Shackles, a named Ukrainian Ironbelly sponsored by Ligeia Canterbury

At Absit Omen

• Noah Sterling works as a dragon handler here
• Athena Marrowbone in 2016 took a sabbatical here
• Margo Amherst was a field researcher here
• Ghastly Atassi's uncle worked as a dragon handler here
• Alphonse Zephyr was planning a dragon breeding programme here
• Slither Girls featured Romania
• Topher Frost's family went to Romania
• Gabrielle Pepper worked here
• Charlie Weasley studied dragons at the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary.
• Quirinus Quirrell reportedly met a vampire here he didn't like
• Molly Weasley and Arthur Weasley went to Romania during the Christmas break in 1991 to visit Charlie Weasley

Characters Born in Romania

• Amalia Báthory
• Amara Báthory
• Octavian Báthory
• Timeea Báthory probably
• Mara Vladimirescu probably