Italians of Romania
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The Italians (italieni in Romanian) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 3,331 people according to the 2002 census. Italians are fairly dispersed throughout the country, even though there is a relatively higher number of them in the western parts of the country (particularly Timiş County), and in the Municipality of Bucharest.
As an officially-recognised ethnic minority, Italians have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.
[edit] History
The territory of today's Romania has been part of the Italians' (especially Genoese and Venetians) trade routes on the Danube since at least the 13th century. They founded several ports on the Danube, including Vicina (near Isaccea), Sfântu Gheorghe, San Giorgio (Giurgiu) and Calafat.
Romanians (89.5%)
Officially-recognised minorities: Hungarians (6.6%) · Roma (2.5%) · Ukrainians (0.3%) · Germans (0.3%) · Russians/Lipovans (0.2%) · Turks (0.2%) · Serbs (0.1%) · Tatars (0.1%) · Slovaks (0.1%) · Bulgarians · Jews · Croats · Greeks (0.04%)· Czechs · Poles · Italians · Armenians · Macedonians · Albanians · Ruthenians
Other minorities: Székely · Aromanians · Chinese · Csángó · Krashovani
