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Moldova

Moldova in brief:

Area 33,843 sq km
Capital Chisinau (Kishinev)
Language Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language)
Population 4,324,450 (July 2008 est.)
Population growth rate -0.092% (2008 est.)
Net migration rate -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Independence 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
GDP per capita – $2,900 (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 2.1%; note – roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line 29.5% (2005)