Capital:Chisinau
Population:4,455,421
Area:33,843 sq km
Climate:moderate winters, warm summers
Languages:Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
Currency:Moldovan leu (MDL)
Government:republic
Religions:Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
