BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Romania's unemployment rate

rose to 5.8 percent in January from December's 5.6 percent, the

National Employment Agency said on Wednesday.

JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012

No. of unemployed 513,349 493,775 473,569

Jobless rate 5.82 5.59 5.26

(Reporting by Ioana Patran; Editing by Luiza Ilie)

Keywords: ROMANIA UNEMPLOYMENT/

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