Location: Europe
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Chisinau (Kishinev)
Population: 4,354,000
Area: 34,000 km2
Currency: 1 Moldavian leu = 100 bani
Languages: Romanian, Ukranian, Russian
Religions: Eastern (Moldovan) Orthodox
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Moldova: a republic in SE Europe: comprising the E part of the former principality of Moldavia, the E part of which (Bessarabia) was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940 and formed the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic until it gained independence in 1991; an agricultural region with many vineyards. Official language: Romanian. Religion: nonreligious and Christian. Currency: leu. Capital: Kishinev. Pop.: 4 263 000 (2004 est.). Area: 33 670 sq. km (13 000 sq. miles) Also called: Moldavia []