Moldova
Moldova (officially Republic of Moldova) is a country in Eastern Europe, with its capital at Chișinău, and is home to roughly 2.4M people.
Moldavian is the official language; the currency in circulation is Moldovan leu (L); people from here are called Moldovan.
- »Moldova has some of the largest underground wine cellars in the world, with tunnels running for tens of kilometres.
Moldova touches two neighbours: Romania to the southwest and Ukraine to the northeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Chișinău's centre was laid out on a grid in the 19th century, and the city sits above a network of limestone quarry tunnels now used to store wine.
33,156 km² (12,802 sq mi), 136th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Guinea-Bissau.
Population 2,402,306, 143rd of 198 on file. That averages 72 per km² (188 per sq mi).
One of a small number of flags with different designs on each side. The reverse is a mirror image without the arms. The aurochs head on the shield is the historic emblem of Moldavia.
Easily confused with Andorra and Romania.
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