Moldova Travel guide

Capital: Chişinău 
Government: republic 
Currency: Moldovan leu (MDL) 
Area: 33,843 sq km 
Population: 4,455,421 (July 2006 est.) 
Language: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) 
Religion: Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% 
Electricity: 230V/50Hz (European plug) 
Calling Code: +373 
Internet TLD: .md 
Time Zone: UTC+2

  Moldova is a small land-locked country in Eastern Europe, north of Balkans, surrounded by Romania to the southwest, across the Prut river, and Ukraine to the northeast.