Moldova Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Moldova with its capital Chişinău is located in Europe (Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania). It covers some 33,844 square kilometres (slightly larger than Maryland) with 4,324,000 citizens. Moldavian, Romanian, Russian and Turkish are the languages commonly used by the people in Moldova (consider regional differences). It is charing borders with Romania and Ukraine.

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. The second biggest city in Moldova, Bălţi, merits a visit as well as the capital. Nice pedestrian zone around the central square. Check out the old part of the city. Ungheni is also one of the most beautiful cities in Moldova with a lot of nice places to see. Moldova is famous for its wines. With top rate wines at bargain prices, it is Moldova’s main tourism draw.

Pictures from Capital (Chişinău)

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About Moldova

The landscape features rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea. The average density of population is about 127 per km². The climate in Moldova can be described as moderate winters, warm summers. Potential threats by nature are landslides.

To reach someone in Moldova dial +373 prior to a number. There are 1,139,000 installed telephones. And there are 2,785,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".md". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 37 regions/states in Moldova we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Moldovan population shrinked at a rate of -0.07% (or by 3,152 citizens). With 46,456 deaths and 48,183 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.04%. -4,879 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Moldova: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.