Southeastern Europe Travel Guide

Bucharest is the capital of Romania. The city of Bucharest has population of 1 932 000 people.

Capitals of the countries in the Balkans region in photos. This page lists all capital cities in Southeastern Europe with their population and elevation.

Capitals of the countries on the Balkans are all located under 1000 m elevation. Ankara is the city with the highest position - 850 m over the sea level. Podgorica is only 44 m over the sea level.

Ankara also has the biggest population of 3 900 000 people, both with Athens are the biggest capital cities with population over 3 millions people, in comparison with Podgorica which has only 150 000 people. The other big capitals are Bucharest, Belgrade and Sofia with more than 1 million people.

Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)
Population: 1 400 000
Elevation: 550 m (1 804 ft)

Athens (capital of Greece)
Population: 3 130 000
Elevation: 70 - 338 m (230 - 1 109 ft)

Ankara (capital of Turkey)
Population: 3 900 000
Elevation: 850 m (2 789 ft)

Bucharest (capital of Romania)
Population: 1 932 000
Elevation: 60 - 90 m (197 – 295 ft)

Zagreb (capital of Croatia)
Population: 785 000
Elevation: 158 m (518 ft)

Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Population: 304 000
Elevation: 500 m (1 640 ft)

Podgorica (capital of Montenegro)
Population: 150 000
Elevation: 44 m (144 ft)

Belgrade (capital of Serbia)
Population: 1 630 000
Elevation: 117 m (384 ft)

Tirana (capital of Albania)
Population: 616 000
Elevation: 110 m (361 ft)

Skopje (capital of Republic of Macedonia)
Population: 700 000
Elevation: 240 m (787 ft)

Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia)
Population: 268 000
Elevation: 298 m (978 ft)

Kishinev (capital of Moldova)
Population: 593 000
Elevation: 85 m (279 ft)

Prishtina (capital of Kosovo)
Population: 600 000
Elevation: 652 m (2 139 ft)

This is a list of the national flags of the countries from Southeuropean Europe and the Balkans.

Colors of the flags

The most used color in the Balkans countries flags is the red. Red color is in the national flags of 10 countries from Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia and Moldova).

The white color is on the national flags of 7 Balkans countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Kosovo).

The blue color is on the national flag of 7 Southeasteuropean countries (Greece, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Moldova and Kosovo).

The yellow color is on the coutry flags of 5 countries from the Balkans (Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Kosovo).

The green color is presented only on the national country flag of Bulgaria and the black color is only for the double-head eagle on national flag of Albania.

Animals on the flags

There are few animals on the natioanal flags and in the coats of arms or in the state emblems of the Southeasteuropean countries. We have already said about the double-head eagle on the country flag and in the state emblem of Albania. There is a double-head eagle in the flags and coats of arms of Serbia and Montenegro too. One head eagle is on the coats of arms of Romania and Moldova.

Lions are in the coats of arms of Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania and Croatia. There are other animals too: bulls, fish, goat, fox, etc.

Elements of the flags

A crown is presented on the coats of arms of Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia and a cross on the state emblems of Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia. There is a crescent on the coats of arms of Turkey, Croatia, Romania and Moldova and a star on the Turkish, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Moldovian and Slovenian state emblem.

National flags

Bulgaria
Flag of Bulgaria
Colors in the flag: White - Green - Red

Greece
Flag of Greece
Colors in the flag: Blue - White

Turkey
Flag of Turkey
Colors in the flag: Red - White

Romania
Flag of Romania
Colors in the flag: Blue - Yellow - Red

Croatia
Flag of Croatia
Colors in the flag: Red - White - Blue

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Colors in the flag: Blue - Yellow

Montenegro
Flag of Montenegro
Colors in the flag: Red - Yellow

Serbia
Flag of Serbia
Colors in the flag: Red - Blue - White

Albania
Flag of Albania
Colors in the flag: Red - Black

Republic of Macedonia
Flag of Republic of Macedonia
Colors in the flag: Red - Yellow

Slovenia
Flag of Slovenia
Colors in the flag: White - Blue - Red

Moldova
Flag of Moldova
Colors in the flag: Blue - Yellow - Red

Kosovo
Flag of Kosovo
Colors in the flag: Blue - Yellow - White

Romania (Romanian: România) is a country in Southeastern Europe. It shares border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south. Romania has a stretch of sea coast along the Black Sea. It is located roughly in the lower basin of the Danube and almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory.

Romania is a parliamentary unitary state. As a nation-state, the country was formed by the merging of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 and it gained recognition of its independence in 1878. Later, in 1918, they were joined by Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia. At the end of World War II, parts of its territories (roughly the present day Moldova) were occupied by USSR and Romania became a member of Warsaw Pact. With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Romania started a series of political and economic reforms that peaked with Romania joining the European Union.

Romania has been a member of the European Union since January 1, 2007, and has the ninth largest territory in the EU and with 22 million people it has the 7th largest population among the EU member states. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti), the sixth largest city in the EU with almost 2 million people. In 2007, Sibiu, a large city in Transylvania, was chosen as European Capital of Culture. Romania joined NATO on March 29, 2004, and is also a member of the Latin Union, of the Francophonie and of OSCE.

With a surface area of 238 391 sq.km, Romania is the largest country in southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe. A large part of Romania’s border with Serbia and Bulgaria is formed by the Danube. The Danube is joined by the Prut River, which forms the border with the Republic of Moldova. The Danube flows into the Black Sea on Romanian territory, forming the Danube Delta, the largest delta in Europe, which is currently a biosphere reserve and World Heritage-listed site due to its biodiversity. Other important rivers are the Siret, running north-south through Moldavia, the Olt, running from the oriental Carpathian Mountains to Oltenia, and the Mureş, running through Transylvania from East to West.

Romania’s terrain is distributed roughly equally between mountainous, hilly and lowland territories. The Carpathian Mountains dominate the center of Romania, with fourteen of its mountain ranges reaching above the altitude of 2 000 meters. The highest mountain in Romania is Moldoveanu Peak (2 544 m). In south-central Romania, the Carpathians sweeten into hills, towards the Bărăgan Plains. Romania’s geographical diversity has led to an accompanying diversity of flora and fauna.

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On the Balkans peninsula are located the Southeast European countries Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Slovenia and Moldova.

Capitals of the Balkans countries are the cities Sofia, Athens, Ankara, Zagreb, Skopje, Tirana, Belgrade, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Bucharest, Ljubljana and Kishinev.

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