About moldova
LOCATION
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
AREA
total: 33 843 km2, 139-I • land: 33371 km2 • Water: 472 km2 (main rivers: the Dniester, Prut,
Raut, major lakes:Beleu, Bull, Dracele)
land borders • total: 1,389 km • border countries: Romania - 450 km, Ukraine - 939 km
Waterfront: 200 m at the south extreme point (Giurgiulesti), the mouth of the Danube River
POPULATION
Census 2008: 4,128,047 • Density: 121.9 / km2
LARGEST CITY
Chisinau, 647 513 [2005] • Tiraspol, 159163 • Balti, 122 778 [2005] • Bender, 97027 [2004]
Rybnitsa, 53648 [2004]
RELIGION
Orthodox Christians - 98% • Jews - 1.5% • Baptists and others - 0.5%
Currency
Moldovan LEU (MDL) = 100 BANI