Coordinates: 47°N 29°E / 47°N 29°E / 47; 29

Moldovae (Romanie: Moldova) kent offeecially as the Republic o Moldovae (Romanie: Republica Moldova) is a wee laundlockit kintra in Eastren Europe atween the Ukraine tae the Sooth-East an Romanie tae the Wast. Historically it wis pairt o the Preencipality o Moldovae fae the 1300's, annexed bi the Roushie Empire in 1812 bi' the Ottoman Empire (Tae wheech Moldovae wis a vassal state) an becum kent as Bessarabia. in 1856 soothren Bessarabia wis returned tae Moldovae an three yeirs latter it unitit wi the ither Romanie laund o' Wallachie in 1918. Efter chyngin hauns durin WWII it becam pairt o the Soviet Union an frae 1945 tae 1991 it wis cried Moldovae SSR. It feenally becam independant in August 1991.

Republic o Moldovae

Republica Moldova  (Romanie)
Location o Moldova (green) an Transnistrie (licht green) in Europe.
Location o Moldova (green) an
Transnistrie (licht green) in Europe.
CaipitalChișinău
47°0′N 28°55′E / 47.000°N 28.917°E / 47.000; 28.917
Lairgest ceetycapital
Offeecial leidsRomanie a[1][2][3]
Recognised regional leids
Inter-ethnic leidsRoushie[4][5][6]
Demonym(s)Moldovan
GovrenmentUnitar pairlamentar constitutional republic
• Preses
Maia Sandu
Natalia Gavrilița
Igor Grosu
LegislaturPairlament
Unthirldom frae the USSR
23 Juin 1990
27 August 1991b
21 December 1991
25 December 1991
2 Mairch 1992
• Constitution adopted
29 Julie 1994
Aurie
• Includin Transnistrie
33,846 km2 (13,068 sq mi) (135th)
• Water (%)
1.4 (includin Transnistrie)
• Excluding Transnistrie
29,683 km2 (11,461 sq mi)
Population
• 2014 census
2,998,235[7]
(excluding Transnistria)
• Density
105/km2 (271.9/sq mi) (101st)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$20 billion[8]
• Per capita
$5,657 [8]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$8 billion[8]
• Per capita
$2,240[8]
Gini (2014)positive decrease 26.8[9]
law
HDI (2015)Decrease 0.699[10]
medium · 107t
CurrencyLeu (MDL)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Drivin sidericht
Cawin code+373
ISO 3166 codeMD
Internet TLD.md
  1. As determined bi the Moldovan Declaration o Unthirldom, that the Constitutional coort o Moldova foond tae tak precedence ower Airticle 13 o the Constitution, that uises the name "Moldovan".[1]
  2. Date o proclamation. Unthirldom subsequently finalised wi the dissolution o the USSR in December 1991.
Territorial organization

References eedit

  1. a b "Chișinău Recognizes Romanian As Official Language". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Associated Press. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. Roudik, Peter (23 December 2013). "Moldova: Romanian Recognized as the Official Language". Law Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 Juin 2014.
  3. "The text of the Declaration of Independence prevails over the text of the Constitution". Constitutional Court of Moldova. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 13 Juin 2014.
  4. "Игорь Додон // Русский язык должен вернуться в Молдову". Deschide. Deschide. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. "Додон готов изменить статус русского языка в Молдавии в случае воссоединения с Приднестровьем". Rosbalt. Rosbalt. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. "Русский союз Латвии будет сотрудничать с партией Социалистов Молдовы". Rusojuz.lv. Latvian Russian Union. Archived frae the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. "Populația Republicii Moldova la momentul Recensământului" (Press release). National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova. 31 Mairch 2017.
  8. a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2017". International Monetary Fund. Apryle 2016. Retrieved 14 Apryle 2017.
  9. "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". The World Bank. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  10. "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2017.