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Official name
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Republic of Moldova, abbreviated as RM or R.M
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Neighboring countries
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Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south
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The area
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33.8 thousand km2. Moldova’s territory is 350 km long from North to South and 150 km from West to East.
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Description
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Moldova is a landlocked state. Nevertheless, it has an access point to the Danube on a stretch of 430 meters at the country’s southernmost point (Giurgiulesti), which provides potential access to the Black Sea as well.
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Form of state government
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Republic of Moldova is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of the state and a prime minister as head of the government.
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Diplomacy
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Moldova is a member of the United Nations Organization, European Council, Partnership for Peace, WTO, OSCE, GUAM, CIS, BSEC and other international organizations. Republic of Moldova aspires to join the European.
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Population
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3 550 900 inhabitants (excluding Transnistria region) – 2014 year estimation
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Capital city
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Chisinau municipality (814 100 inhabitants). Largest cities Balti, Soroca, Orhei, Cahul, Tiraspol
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Official language
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Romanian, however Ukrainian, Russian, Gagauz, Bulgarian are also widely spoken.
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Airports
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Main airport – Chisinau International Airport. International airport code KIV
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Accepted credit cards
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Most all type of credit cards is accepted, very limited number of ATM’s will accept ‘chip and pin’ cards. The Moldovan economy is traditionally cash-driven, you may not always be able to pay by card (particularly outside of the capital city Chisinau).
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Other country development indicators
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Country GDP $11 billion (2019)
Minimum monthly wage on economy $150 (2019)
Average monthly wage on economy $410 (2019)
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Visa regime
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None for the EU, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and CIS member states. Get the latest information on the official web-page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Moldova.
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