Common info

LOCATION

Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES

45 ° 28 '- 48 ° 28' N (350 km), 26 ° 40 '- 30 ° 06' E. (150 km)

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

LAND

• arable land: 53%
• crops: 14%
• pastures: 13%
• forests and woodland: 9%
• Others: 11%

 

 

Extreme points

• lowest point: Dniester River, -2 m
• The highest point: Balanesti hill, 430 m
• northernmost point: Naslavcea
• south point: Giurgiulesti
• westernmost point: Curves
• easternmost point: Palanca

CLIMATE

mild winters (in January -4 -7 C °), warm summers (in July +25 +28 C °)

LANDSCAPE

in the north and in the center - rolling steppe (Codru), in the south - plain (Bugeac Plain)

NATURAL WEALTH

lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land

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

TIME

• EET (UTC + 2)
• summer - EEST (UTC + 3)

INTERNET DOMAIN

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dialing code

+373