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MOLDOVA
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Government Type
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republic
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Capital
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Chisinau (Kishinev)
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Flag Description
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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
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Area
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total: 33,843 sq km
land: 33,371 sq km
water: 472 sq km
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Boundaries
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total: 1,389 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km
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Administrative Divisions
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32 raions (raioane, singular - raionul), 3 municipalities (municipiul), 1 autonomous territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala autonoma), and 1 territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala)
raions: Anenii Noi, Basarabeasca, Briceni, Cahul, Cantemir, Calarasi, Causeni, Cimislia, Criuleni, Donduseni, Drochia, Dubasari, Edinet, Falesti, Floresti, Glodeni, Hincesti, Ialoveni, Leova, Nisporeni, Ocnita, Orhei, Rezina, Riscani, Singerei, Soldanesti, Soroca, Stefan-Voda, Straseni, Taraclia, Telenesti, Ungheni
municipalities: Balti, Bender, Chisinau
autonomous territorial unit: Gagauzia
territorial unit: Stinga Nistrului
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Major Language
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Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
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Major Religion
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Eastern Orthodox 98%
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Population
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4,320,490 (July 2007 est.)
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Ethnic groups
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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
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Population Growth Rate
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-0.11% (2007 est.)
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Net Migration Rate
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-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Age Structure
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0-14 years: 16.5% (male 365,733/female 347,305)
15-64 years: 72.6% (male 1,520,094/female 1,616,014)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male 175,113/female 296,231) (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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7.3%; note - roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2005 est.)
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Inflation Rate
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14.1% (2006 est.)
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GDP Per Capita
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$2,000 (2006 est.)
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Main Exports
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foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
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Monetary Unit
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Moldovan leu (MDL)
UN Exchange rate = 12.35 $
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Press
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Info Market
Moldova AZI
Moldova AZI
Moldova AZI
Press Obozrenie
Puls
Puls
Puls
Salut
Yam
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