Moldova
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: Republic of Moldova
conventional short form: Moldova local long form: Republica Moldova local short form: Moldova former: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic; Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Gevernment type | republic |
| Capital |
name: Chisinau (Kishinev)
geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 28 50 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Flag description | same color scheme as Romania - three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined yellow |
| Currency | Moldovan leu (MDL) |
| Internet country code | .md |
| Ports and terminals | Kheyrabad, Shir Khan |
| Agriculture products | vegetables, fruits, wine, grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, tobacco; beef, milk |
| Industries | sugar, vegetable oil, food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles |
| Geography |
| Location | Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania |
| Coordinates | 47 00 N, 29 00 E |
| Continent | Europe |
| Area |
total: 33,843 sq km
land: 33,371 sq km water: 472 sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 1,389 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Climate | moderate winters, warm summers |
| Terrain | rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea |
| Natural resources | lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone |
| Natural hazards | landslides (57 cases in 1998) |
| People |
| Population | 4,466,706 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% (2004 census)
note: internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region |
| Religions | Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) |
| Languages | Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
