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Capital | Chişinău |
Government | republic |
Currency | Moldovan leu (MDL) |
Area | 33,843 sq km |
Population | 4,455,421 (July 2006 est.) |
Language | Moldovan (official, virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
Religion | Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% |
Electricity | 230V/50Hz (European plug) |
Calling Code | +373 |
Internet TLD | .md |
Time Zone | UTC+2 |
Moldova is a small land-locked country in Eastern Europe, north of the Balkans, surrounded by Romania to the southwest, across the Prut river, and Ukraine to the northeast.