FACTS

Location: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

Area (only Total) total: 33,843 sq km

Climate: moderate winters, warm summers

Terrain: rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea

Population: 4,324,450

Main Language (only first): Moldovan

Government type: republic

Capital (Name): Chisinau

Capital (Time Difference): UTC+2

Independence: 27 August 1991

National holiday: Independence Day, 27 August