Moldova

Moldova is a small, landlocked country nestled between and . Moldova is one of the least visited countries in Europe, but adventurous travellers will find some rewarding experiences.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Transnistria and Chișinău.

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is a country in eastern . It seceded from but is still claimed by Moldova, and is only recognised by the other breakaway states of the former Soviet Union: , and .

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, pronounced "Kishinau" with "nau" as in the English word "now", is the capital of Moldova with a population of around 780,000 in the metro area, and 250,000 people coming each day for work and entertainment.

is the capital and largest city in . Foreign tourists usually go to and Transnistria for the preserved Soviet symbols and other traces of the communist past.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Bălţi and Gagauzia.

Bălți is a city in Moldova. It is the third-largest city in terms of population, area and economic importance, after and . The city holds the status of municipiu.

is an autonomous region of Moldova. It has a population of about 135,000 people, 83% of whom are of the Gagauz Turkic ethnic group.

Situated in the central part of the Budzhak steppe on the Yalpug river, is the capital and the largest city of the autonomous area of . There are many wineries around the city.

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is a city and municipality in northern Moldova, situated on the about 160 km north of . It is the administrative center of the .

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is a city and municipality in southern Moldova. The city is the administrative center of ; it also administers one village, Cotihana. As of 2014 census, the city has a population of 30,018.

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is in Moldova. Its most notable attraction is Orheiul Vechi, i.e. Old , which is to the southeast of present-day .

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is a municipality in Moldova. With a population of 35,157, it is the seventh largest town in Moldova and the seat of . There is a bridge across the Prut and a border checkpoint to Romania.

is the only national park in Moldova. It's 34,000 ha constitute about 1% of the area of the country.

Moldova

  • Type: Country with 4,130,000 residents
  • Description: country in Eastern Europe
  • Also known as: MD”, “MDA”, “Moldavia”, “Moldova, Republic Of”, “Republic of Moldova”, “Republica Moldova”, and “摩尔多瓦共和国
  • Historically known as: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic”, “Moldavskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika”, “Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika Moldova”, and “Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova
  • Languages: Romanian, Russian, Gagauz, and Turkish
  • Neighbors: , , and
  • Categories: sovereign state, unitary state, landlocked country, and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
47.2867° or 47° 17′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
28.5425° or 28° 32′ 33″ east
Population
4,130,000
Area
33,843 km² (13,067 miles²)
Elevation
172 metres (564 feet)
Capital
Chisinau
Currency
Leu (MDL)
Phone code
.md
Internet domain
373
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424316417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
617790
Wiki­data ID
Q217
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Moldova” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Молдавиа
  • Abkhazian: Молдова
  • Achinese: Moldova
  • Adyghe: Молдавие
  • Afrikaans: Moldova
  • Afrikaans: Moldowa
  • Akan: Mɔldova
  • Albanian: Moldavi
  • Albanian: Moldavia
  • Albanian: Molldavi
  • Albanian: Republika e Molldavisë
  • Amharic: ሞልዶቫ
  • Amis: Moldova
  • Angika: मॉल्दोवा
  • Arabic: إمارة البُغدان
  • Arabic: البغدان
  • Arabic: جمهورية مولدوفا
  • Arabic: جمهورية مولدوڤا
  • Arabic: مولدافيا
  • Arabic: مولدوفا
  • Aragonese: Republica de Moldavia
  • Armenian: Մոլդովա
  • Arpitan: Moldavie
  • Arpitan: Mordavéye
  • Arpitan: Mordavia
  • Arpitan: Mordavie
  • Arpitan: Rèpublica de Mordavéye
  • Arpitan: Rèpublica de Mordavia
  • Arpitan: Rèpublica de Mordavie
  • Arpitan: Rèpublica de Mordova
  • Assamese: মোলডোভা
  • Asturian: Moldavia
  • Atayal: Moldova
  • Avaric: Молдавия
  • Avaric: Молдов
  • Awadhi: मोल्डोवा
  • Azerbaijani: Moldaviya
  • Azerbaijani: Moldova Respublikası
  • Azerbaijani: Moldova
  • Azerbaijani: MR
  • Balinese: Moldova
  • Bambara: Molidavi
  • Bashkir: Молдова
  • Basque: Moldavia
  • Bavarian: Moidowien
  • Bavarian: Moldàwien
  • Belarusian: Малдова, Рэспубліка
  • Belarusian: Малдова
  • Belarusian: Рэспубліка Малдова
  • Bengali: মলদোভা
  • Bengali: মলদোভিয়া
  • Bengali: মোল্দাভিয়া
  • Betawi: Moldawi
  • Bhojpuri: मोल्डोवा
  • Bishnupriya: মোলদোভা
  • Bislama: Moldova
  • Bosnian: Moldavija
  • Breton: Moldavia
  • Breton: Moldova
  • Bulgarian: Молдова, Република
  • Bulgarian: Молдова
  • Bulgarian: Република Молдавия
  • Bulgarian: Република Молдова
  • Burmese: မောလ်ဒိုဗာ
  • Burmese: မော်လ်ဒိုဗာနိုင်ငံ
  • Cajun French: Moldavie
  • Catalan: Moldàvia
  • Catalan: Moldova
  • Catalan: República de Moldàvia
  • Cebuano: Moldabya
  • Cebuano: Moldova
  • Central Bikol: Moldoba
  • Central Kurdish: مۆلدۆڤا
  • Central Kurdish: مۆڵدۆڤا
  • Chavacano: Moldavia
  • Chechen: Молдави
  • Cherokee: ᎹᎵᏙᏫᎠ
  • Cherokee: ᎼᎵᏙᏩ
  • Chinese: Móěrduōwă
  • Chinese: Moldova
  • Chinese: 摩尔多瓦 / 摩爾多瓦
  • Chinese: 摩尔多瓦
  • Chinese: 摩爾多瓦
  • Church Slavic: Молдова
  • Chuvash: Молдави
  • Chuvash: Молдова
  • Cornish: Moldova
  • Corsican: Moldavia
  • Crimean Tatar: Moldova Cumhuriyeti
  • Crimean Tatar: Moldova
  • Croatian: Moldavija
  • Croatian: Moldova
  • Croatian: Republika Moldavija
  • Croatian: Republika Moldova
  • Czech: Moldavská republika
  • Czech: Moldavsko, republika
  • Czech: Moldavsko
  • Dagbani: Moldavia
  • Danish: Moldavien
  • Danish: Moldova
  • Danish: Republikken Moldova
  • Dhivehi: މޮލްޑޯވާ
  • Dimli (individual language): Moldova
  • Dotyali: मोल्दोभा
  • Dutch: MD
  • Dutch: MDA
  • Dutch: Moldavie
  • Dutch: Moldavië
  • Dutch: Republiek Moldavië
  • Dzongkha: མོལ་དོ་བཱ
  • Eastern Mari: Молдова
  • Egyptian Arabic: مولدوڤا
  • Erzya: Молдавия Мастор
  • Esperanto: MD
  • Esperanto: Moldava Respubliko
  • Esperanto: Moldavio
  • Esperanto: Moldavujo
  • Esperanto: Respubliko Moldavio
  • Estonian: Moldova Vabariik
  • Estonian: Moldova
  • Ewe: Moldova nutome
  • Ewe: Moldova
  • Extremaduran: Moldavia
  • Extremaduran: Moldávia
  • Faroese: Moldova
  • Fiji Hindi: Moldova
  • Finnish: Moldova
  • Finnish: Moldovan tasavalta
  • French: la République de Moldavie
  • French: MD
  • French: Moldavie
  • French: Moldova
  • French: République de Moldavie
  • French: République de Moldova
  • Friulian: Moldavie
  • Friulian: Republiche di Moldavie
  • Fulah: Moldawii
  • Fulah: Moldowa
  • Gagauz: Moldova Republikası
  • Gagauz: Moldova
  • Galician: Moldavia
  • Galician: Moldova
  • Galician: República Moldova
  • Ganda: Moldova
  • Ganda: Molodova
  • Georgian: მოლდოვა
  • German: Moldau (Republik Moldau)
  • German: Moldau
  • German: Moldawien
  • German: Moldova
  • German: Republik Moldau
  • German: Republik Moldova
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Moldavia
  • Gilaki: مؤلداوي
  • Goan Konkani: Moldova
  • Goan Konkani: मोल्दोव्हा
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰
  • Greek: Δημοκρατία της Μολδαβίας
  • Greek: Μολδαβία, Δημοκρατία της
  • Greek: Μολδαβία
  • Greek: Μολδαβική Δημοκρατία
  • Guarani: Moyndávia
  • Guianese Creole French: Moldavi
  • Gujarati: મોલડોવા
  • Gujarati: મોલ્દોવા
  • Haitian: Moldavi
  • Hakka Chinese: Moldova
  • Hausa: Maldoba
  • Hausa: Moldufiniya
  • Hausa: MOldufiniya
  • Hawaiian: Molodowa
  • Hebrew: מולדובה
  • Hindi: मॉल्डोवा
  • Hindi: मोल्डाविया
  • Hindi: मोल्डोवा
  • Hindi: मोल्दोवा
  • Hungarian: Moldáv Köztársaság
  • Hungarian: Moldávia
  • Hungarian: Moldova
  • Hungarian: Moldovai Köztársaság
  • Icelandic: Moldova
  • Icelandic: Moldóva
  • Ido: Moldova
  • Igbo: Moldova
  • Iloko: Moldova
  • Iloko: Moldovia
  • Inari Sami: Moldova täsiväldi
  • Inari Sami: Moldova
  • Indonesian: Moldavia
  • Indonesian: Moldova
  • Interlingua: Moldavia
  • Interlingue: Moldavia
  • Irish: an Mholdóiv
  • Irish: An Mholdóiv
  • Italian: Moldavia
  • Jamaican Creole English: Molduova
  • Japanese: モルドバ
  • Japanese: モルドバ共和国
  • Javanese: Moldavia
  • Javanese: Moldova
  • Kabardian: Молдавиэ
  • Kabiyè: Mɔlɩdaavii
  • Kabyle: Muldavya
  • Kalaallisut: Moldova
  • Kalmyk: Молдавмудин Орн
  • Kannada: ಮಾಲ್ಡೋವ
  • Kannada: ಮೊಲ್ಡೋವಾ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Moldaviya
  • Karachay-Balkar: Молдавия
  • Kashmiri: مولڑاوِیا
  • Kashubian: Mòłdawiô
  • Kashubian: Mòłdawskô
  • Kazakh: Молдова
  • Khmer: ម៉ុលដាវី
  • Kikuyu: Moldova
  • Kinyarwanda: Molidova
  • Kirghiz: Молдова
  • Komi-Permyak: Молдова
  • Komi: Молдова
  • Kongo: Moldova
  • Korean: 몰도바 공화국
  • Korean: 몰도바
  • Kotava: Moldova
  • Kurdish: Moldova
  • Ladin: Moldavia
  • Ladin: Moldova
  • Ladino: Moldova
  • Lao: ປະເທດມອລໂດວາ
  • Lao: ໂມນໂດວາ
  • Latgalian: Moldaveja
  • Latin: Moldavia
  • Latin: Respublica Moldavica
  • Latvian: Moldova
  • Lezghian: Молдова
  • Ligurian: Moldavia
  • Ligurian: Moldàvia
  • Limburgan: Moldavië
  • Lingala: Moldova
  • Lingala: Molidavi
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Moldova
  • Literary Chinese: 摩爾多瓦
  • Lithuanian: Moldavija
  • Lithuanian: Moldova
  • Liv: Moldova
  • Livvi: Molduavii
  • Lojban: moldovas
  • Lombard: Muldavia
  • Low German: Moldavië
  • Low German: Moldawien
  • Lower Sorbian: Moldawska
  • Luba-Katanga: Molidavi
  • Luxembourgish: Moldawien
  • Macedo-Romanian: Moldova
  • Macedonian: Молдавија
  • Macedonian: Молдова
  • Madurese: Moldavia
  • Maithili: मोल्डोवा
  • Malagasy: Môldavia
  • Malay: Moldova
  • Malay: مولدوۏا
  • Malayalam: മൾഡോവ
  • Malayalam: മൊൾഡോവ
  • Maltese: il-Moldova
  • Maltese: Moldova
  • Maltese: Moldovja
  • Maltese: Repubblika tal-Moldova
  • Manipuri: ꯃꯣꯜꯗꯣꯚꯥ
  • Manx: Moldova
  • Manx: y Voldaav
  • Manx: y Voldova
  • Maori: Morotawa
  • Maori: Te Whenua o Morotawa
  • Marathi: मोल्डोव्हा
  • Marathi: मोल्दोव्हा
  • Mazanderani: مولداوی
  • Min Dong Chinese: Moldova
  • Min Nan Chinese: Moldova
  • Minangkabau: Moldova
  • Mingrelian: მოლდოვა
  • Mirandese: Moldábia
  • Moksha: Молдова республик
  • Moksha: Молдова
  • Mongolian: Молдав
  • Mongolian: Молдова
  • Moroccan Arabic: مولدوڤا
  • Narom: Moldova
  • Nauru: Ripubrikin Mordowa
  • Navajo: Chʼótoohnii Bikéyah
  • Nepali: माल्डोभा
  • Nepali: मोल्दोभा
  • Nepali: मोल्दोवा
  • Newari: मोल्दोवा
  • North Ndebele: Moldova
  • Northern Frisian: Moldaawien
  • Northern Luri: موٙلداڤی
  • Northern Sami: Moldávia
  • Northern Sami: Moldova dásseváldi
  • Northern Sami: Moldova
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Moldova
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Moldova
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Moldova
  • Norwegian: Moldova
  • Novial: Moldova
  • Obolo: Mọlidova
  • Occitan (post 1500): Moldàvia
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܡܘܠܕܘܒܐ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Moldofa
  • Oriya: ମାଲଡୋଭା
  • Oriya: ମୋଲଡୋଭା
  • Oromo: Moldoovaa
  • Ossetian: Молдави
  • Ossetian: Молдовæ
  • Pa'o Karen: မော်ဒိုဗာခမ်းထီ
  • Pali: मोल्दोवा
  • Pampanga: Moldabya
  • Pampanga: Moldavia
  • Pangasinan: Moldavia
  • Panjabi: ਮੋਲਡੋਵਾ
  • Panjabi: ਮੋਲਦੋਵਾ
  • Papiamento: Moldavia
  • Papiamento: Moldova
  • Persian: مولداوی
  • Persian: مولدوا
  • Persian: مولدووا
  • Picard: Moldavie
  • Piemontese: Moldavia
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Moldoewa
  • Polish: Mołdawia, Republika
  • Polish: Mołdawia
  • Pontic: Μολδαβία
  • Portuguese: MD
  • Portuguese: MDA
  • Portuguese: Moldávia
  • Portuguese: Moldova, República de
  • Portuguese: Moldova
  • Portuguese: Republica da Moldavia
  • Portuguese: República da Moldávia
  • Portuguese: Republica Moldova
  • Portuguese: República Moldova
  • Pushto: MD
  • Pushto: MDA
  • Pushto: مولدوا
  • Pushto: مولدووا
  • Quechua: Moldova
  • Quechua: Mulduwa
  • Quechua: Multhawya
  • Romanian: MD
  • Romanian: MDA
  • Romanian: Moldavia
  • Romanian: Moldova, Republica
  • Romanian: Moldova
  • Romanian: R. Moldova
  • Romanian: Rep. Moldova
  • Romanian: Republica Moldova
  • Romanian: Молдова
  • Romansh: Moldavia
  • Rundi: Moludavi
  • Russia Buriat: Молдав
  • Russia Buriat: Молдави
  • Russian: Молдавия
  • Russian: Молдова
  • Russian: Республика Молдавия
  • Russian: Республика Молдова
  • Rusyn: Молдавия
  • Rusyn: Молдавія
  • Sakizaya: Moldova
  • Samoan: Moldova
  • Samoan: Molotova
  • Samogitian: Moldavėjė
  • Sango: Moldavùii
  • Sanskrit: मोल्दोवा
  • Santali: ᱢᱳᱞᱫᱳᱵᱷᱟ
  • Sardinian: Moldàvia
  • Saterfriesisch: Moldawien
  • Scots: Moldovae
  • Scottish Gaelic: A‘ Mholdobha
  • Scottish Gaelic: A’ Mholdobha
  • Scottish Gaelic: Moldàibhia
  • Serbian: Moldavija
  • Serbian: Молдавија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Moldavija
  • Shan: မိူင်းမေႃႇတူဝ်းဝႃး
  • Shona: Moldova
  • Shona: Morudhovha
  • Sicilian: Moldavia
  • Silesian: Mołdawijo
  • Sindhi: مالدووا
  • Sindhi: مولدووا
  • Sinhala: මොල්ඩෝවාව
  • Sinhala: මෝල්ඩෝවා ජනරජය
  • Sinhala: මෝල්ඩෝවා
  • Skolt Sami: Moldova tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Moldova
  • Slovak: Moldavská republika
  • Slovak: Moldavsko, republika
  • Slovak: Moldavsko
  • Slovenian: Moldavija
  • Slovenian: Republika Moldova
  • Somali: Moldofa
  • South Azerbaijani: مولداوی
  • Southern Sotho: Moldova
  • Spanish: Moldavia
  • Spanish: Moldova
  • Spanish: Republica de Moldovia
  • Spanish: República de Moldovia
  • Sranan Tongo: Moldavikondre
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵎⵓⵍⴹⵓⴼⴰ
  • Sundanese: Moldova
  • Swahili: Moldova
  • Swati: IMolidiva
  • Swedish: Moldau
  • Swedish: Moldavien
  • Swedish: Republiken Moldavien
  • Swiss German: Moldawie
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠟ꠆ꠖꠜꠣ
  • Tachelhit: Muldavya
  • Tachelhit: Mulduva
  • Tagalog: Moldabya
  • Tagalog: Moldavia
  • Tagalog: Moldova
  • Tajik: Молдова
  • Talysh: Məldovə
  • Tamil: மல்தோவா
  • Tamil: மால்டோவா
  • Taroko: Moldova
  • Tatar: Молдавия
  • Tatar: Молдова
  • Telugu: మోల్డోవా
  • Tetum: Moldávia
  • Thai: ประเทศมอลโดวา
  • Thai: มอลโดวา
  • Tibetan: མོལ་དོ་ཝ།
  • Tigrinya: ሞልዶቫ
  • Tok Pisin: Moldova
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Molotova
  • Tosk Albanian: Moldawien
  • Tsonga: Moldova
  • Tumbuka: Moldova
  • Tunisian Arabic: مولداڥيا
  • Turkish: Moldova
  • Turkish: Moldovya Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: Moldovya
  • Turkmen: Moldawiýa
  • Turkmen: Moldowa
  • Twi: Moldova
  • Tyap: Ma̱li̱dova
  • Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Moli̱dova
  • Udmurt: Молдавия
  • Uighur: مولدوۋا
  • Ukrainian: Молдавія
  • Ukrainian: Молдова
  • Ukrainian: Республіка Молдова
  • Upper Sorbian: Moldawska
  • Urdu: مالدووا
  • Uzbek: Moldova
  • Venetian: Moldàvia
  • Venetian: Moldova
  • Veps: Moldavii
  • Veps: Moldov
  • Veps: Moldovan Tazovaldkund
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Moldova
  • Vietnamese: md
  • Vietnamese: MD
  • Vietnamese: mda
  • Vietnamese: MDA
  • Vietnamese: Moldova
  • Vietnamese: Môn-đô-va (Moldova)
  • Vietnamese: Môn-đô-va
  • Vietnamese: Mondova
  • Vlaams: Moldavië
  • Vlaams: Moldoavië
  • Vlax Romani: Moldova
  • Volapük: Moldavän
  • Võro: Moldova Vabariik‘
  • Võro: Moldova
  • Walloon: Moldaveye
  • Waray (Philippines): Moldavia
  • Welsh: Besarabia
  • Welsh: Moldofa
  • Western Armenian: Մոլտովա
  • Western Frisian: Moldaavje
  • Western Frisian: Moldavië
  • Western Mari: Молдави
  • Western Panjabi: مالدووا
  • Western Panjabi: مولڈوا
  • Wolof: Moldaawi
  • Wolof: Moldawi
  • Wu Chinese: 摩尔多瓦
  • Yakut: Молдова
  • Yiddish: מאלדאוויע
  • Yiddish: מאלדאווע
  • Yoruba: Modofia
  • Yoruba: Móldófà
  • Yue Chinese: 摩爾多瓦
  • Zeeuws: Moldâvië
  • Zhuang: Moldova
  • Zulu: i-Moldova
  • Zulu: IMoldova
  • ma Motowa
  • MD
  • MDA
  • Moldavėjė
  • Moldavia
  • Moldavie
  • Moldova
  • Muldàvi
  • Republica Moldova
  • Молдова
  • मोल्डोवा

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