Travel Tips: Some Useful Statistics about Moldova

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Some Statistics

Capital

Chisinau (717,9)

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Territory

Area - 33,843 sq. km (13,000 sq.miles)

Land utilization
(1993)

Plough land - 66,8%
Pastures - 13%
Forest - 12,8%
Rivers and lakes - 1,39%

Population

3 383 332 people
(115th place in the world, October, 2004, CIA)

Urbanization

City dwellers - 39%
Country dwellers - 61%

Population forecast
(according to U.N.O)

2025 4547 thousand
2050 4506 thousand

Annual population increase
0,00%

Population classification

age	men	women	total
0 - 10	523	505	21%
15 - 64	1422	1544	63%
more than 65	162	274	14,3%

Average life duration
64,5%
Literacy level
96,%
Men quantity per 1000 women
927
Average quantity of children per one woman
1,63

Geographical location

South-east Europe

Borders

with Romania	450km
with Ukraine	939km
Total length	1389km

Climate

Continental

Economy

Industry and agriculture

Administrative system

Unitary Republic

Currency unit with fractional division

Moldavian leu MD = 100 bani (travel checks and credit cards)

Language

Moldavian (the same as Romanian)

Religion

Orthodoxy

Independence Day

27 August

Time

2 hours-ahead GTM

Measurement system

Metric

Electricity

220 V, 50 Hz

International code

373

Internet code (first level domain)

.md

ISO country code

MDA

Tel.: 00 373 22 245 736, 00 373 22 201 936
Fax.: 00 373 22 201 938
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