Overview

capital	Chisinau
area	33.843 thousand sq km
population	3.57 mln (not including population of Transnistria, 750 000)
ethnic groups  Moldovan - 75.8% Ukrainian - 8.4% Russian - 5.9% Gagauz - 4.4% Romanian - 2.2% Bulgarian - 1.9% religions orthodox – 92% baptist – 1.3% catholic - 0.3% suni muslim - 1.6%
official language(s) Moldovan  Russian (language of inter-ethnic communication)
national currency	Moldovan leu (MDL) = 100 bani
government type Moldova is a unitary state, divided into: 32 provinces  3 city districts  autonomous republic Gagauzia Government type and territorial organization of Moldova are not determined on account of armed conflict in Transnistria. Status of Transnistria is supposed to be determined in course of the talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol. government Moldova is a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The Head of State is the President, elected by Parliament.
participation in organizations of regional integration	participant:   Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) GUAM Group  observer: Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC)