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 Entity
 Moldova 
 Main prefix
 ER 
 Callsigns series
 ERA-ERZ 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Europe 
 ITU zone
 29 
 CQ zone
 16 
 
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 Coin 
 Banknote 
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 Flag 
 Flag description 
Same color scheme as Romania - three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined yellow.
 
          Moldova          
 
 Moldova 
 Capital: 
Chisinau
 Administrative
 divisions: 
9 counties (judetele, singular - judetul), 1 municipality* (municipiul), 1 autonomous territorial unit** (unitate teritoriala autonoma), and 1 territorial unit*** (unitate teritoriala): Balti, Cahul, Chisinau, Chisinau*, Edinet, Gagauzia**, Lapusna, Orhei, Soroca, Stinga Nistrului***, Tighina, and Ungheni.
 Population: 
4,434,547 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian (official), Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
47° 00' N, 29° 00' E
 Area total: 
33,843 sq. km
 Land area: 
33,371 sq. km
 Water area: 
472 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
1,389 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Dniester River 2 m - Dealul Balanesti 430 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.md
 Currency: 
Moldovan leu (MDL)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Moldova
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Moldova
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republica Moldova
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Former name: 
Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova, Moldavia
 Independence: 
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
 Constitution: 
new constitution adopted 28 July 1994, replaces old Soviet constitution of 1979
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 27 August (1991)
 
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