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Common name | Moldova | Local name | Republica Moldova | Name | Republica Moldova | Anthem | Limba Noastră Our Language | Capital | Chişinău | Largest city | capital | Official languages | Moldovan (Romanian)1 | Regional languages | Gagauz, Russian and Ukrainian | Ethnic groups | 75.8% Moldovans2, 8.3% Ukrainians, 5.9% Russians, 4.4% Gagauzes, 2.2% Romanians2, 1.9% Bulgarians, 1.5% others and unspecified (excl. Transnistria) (2004) | Demonym | Moldovan, Moldavian | Government | Parliamentary republic | Acting President | Marian Lupu | Prime Minister | Vlad Filat | President of the Parliament | Marian Lupu | Consolidation | Consolidation | Declaration of Sovereignty | June 23, 1990 | Declaration of Independence (from the Soviet Union) | August 27, 19913 | Total Area | 13067 sq mi (33843.5 km2) (138th) | Water % | 1.4 (incl. Transnistria) | Population Est. | 3560400 (129th3) | Population census | (-) 3,383,332 (excl. Transnistria) (2004) | Density (pop.) | 122/km2 (87th) (316/sq mi) | GDP PPP | $10.986 billion (2010) | GDP (PPP) per capita | $3,082 | GDP (nominal) | $5.810 billion (2010) | GDP (nominal) per capita | $1,630 | Gini | 37.1 (2007) (medium) | HDI | (-) 0.623 (2010) (medium) (102nd) | Currency | Moldovan leu (MDL) | Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | Drives on the | right | Internet TLD | .md | Calling code | 373 |
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Moldova c-enaudio=en-us-Moldova.oggmɒlˈdoʊvə, officially the Republic of Moldova (Moldovan/ -roreˈpublika molˈdovapron) is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A strip of Moldova's internationally recognized territory on the east bank of the river Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990.
The nation is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. Moldova is a member state of the United Nations, Council of Europe, WTO, OSCE, GUAM, CIS, BSEC and other international organizations. Moldova currently aspires to join the European Union, and has implemented the first three-year Action Plan within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
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