Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Moldova
Republic of Moldova Republica Moldova (Romanian) | |
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| Anthem: "Limba noastră" (English: "Our language") | |
 Location of Moldova in Europe (green) and its uncontrolled territory of Transnistria (light green) | |
| Capital and largest city | Chișinău 47°0′N 28°55′E / 47.000°N 28.917°E |
| Official languages | Romanian (also called Moldovan)[1][2] |
| Recognised minority languages | [3][4][5] |
| Ethnic groups (2014; excluding Transnistria) | 75.1% Moldovan[a] 7.0% Romanian 6.6% Ukrainian 4.6% Gagauz 4.1% Russian 1.9% Bulgarian 0.36% Romani 0.07% Poles 0.89% Other |
| Religion (2014; excluding Transnistria) | 91.8% Christianity —90.1% Eastern Orthodoxy —1.7% Other Christian 5.5% No religion 2.4% Unspecified 0.3% Other[6] |
| Demonym(s) | Moldovan |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional secular republic |
| Maia Sandu | |
| Natalia Gavrilița | |
| Igor Grosu | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Formation | |
| 1346 | |
| 1812 | |
| 15 December 1917 | |
| 9 April 1918 | |
| 12 October 1924 | |
| 2 August 1940 | |
| 27 August 1991b | |
| 2 March 1992 | |
• Constitution adopted | 29 July 1994 |
| Area | |
• Including Transnistria | 33,843.5[7] km2 (13,067.0 sq mi) (135th) |
• Water (%) | 1.4 (including Transnistria) |
• Excluding Transnistria | 30,334 km2 (11,712 sq mi) [b] |
| Population | |
• 1 January 2021 estimate |  2,597,100 [9](excludes Transnistria) (138nd) |
• Density | 85.5[10]/km2 (221.4/sq mi) (125th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total |  $35.906 billion[11] (134st) |
• Per capita | $13,879[11] (118th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $11.998 billion[11] (144nd) |
• Per capita | $4,638[11] (123th) |
| Gini (2018) |  25.7[12]low |
| HDI (2019) | 0.750[13] high · 90th |
| Currency | Moldovan leu (MDL) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +373 |
| ISO 3166 code | MD |
| Internet TLD | .md |
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Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. Additionally, the unrecognised state of Transnistria, internationally recognised as part of Moldova, lies across the Dniester on the country's eastern Ukrainian border. The capital and largest city is Chișinău.