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 | Republic of Moldova |
| Location: | Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania |
| Area: | 33,843 sq km |
| Climate: | moderate winters, warm summers |
| Terrain: | rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea |
| Population: | 4,460,838 (July 1999 est.) |
| Religions: | Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991) |
| Languages: | Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
| Capital: | Chisinau |
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