MOLDOVA
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Brief Background
Location
Eastern Europe
Capital
Chisinau
Main Religion
Christianity (orthodoxy)
National Language
Moldovan. The other official language is Russian. (Ethnologists
differ on whether Moldovan is a separate language from Romanian.)
Government
Parliamentary democratic republic
History
Moldova seceded from the Soviet Union
in 1991. Transdnistria seceded
unilaterally from Moldova in 1990. The region of "Gagauzia"
is autonomous.
International Oval
MD
ISO Code
MD
MOLDOVA
| Location | Eastern Europe |
| Capital | Chisinau |
| Main Religion | Christianity (orthodoxy) |
| National Language | Moldovan. The other official language is Russian. (Ethnologists differ on whether Moldovan is a separate language from Romanian.) |
| Government | Parliamentary democratic republic |
| History | Moldova seceded from the Soviet Union in 1991. Transdnistria seceded unilaterally from Moldova in 1990. The region of "Gagauzia" is autonomous. |
| International Oval | MD |
| ISO Code | MD |