Moldova

General country information

Country name: Republic of Moldova

Population: approx. 3.6 mln

Area: 33843,5 km²

Capital: Chisinau

System of Government: Parliamentary Republic

Head of the Government: Primeminister of the Republic of Moldova – Vladimir FILAT, nominated on 25 September 2009, by presidential decree.

Science Minister: Academician Gheorghe DUCA - President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

The Academy of Sciences of Moldova is delegated with Government competences with the view to realization of state policy in the sphere of science and innovation and the president of ASM is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Moldova. 

Parliament: The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (Parlamentul Republicii Moldova) is a unicameral assembly with 101 seats. Its members are elected by popular vote every 4 years. The parliament then elects a president, who functions as the head of state. The president appoints a prime minister as head of government who in turn assembles a cabinet, both subject to parliamentary approval. Speaker of the Parliament – Mihai GHIMPU.

Administrative structure: Moldova is divided into thirty-two districts (raioane, singular raion); three municipalities (Bălţi, Chişinău, Tighina); and two autonomous regions (Găgăuzia and Transnistria). The cities of Comrat and Tiraspol also have municipality status, however not as first-tier subdivisions of Moldova, but as parts of the regions of Găgăuzia and Transnistria, respectively. The status of Transnistria is however under dispute. Although it is de jure part of Moldova and is recognized as such by the international community, Transnistria is not de facto under the control of the central government of Moldova. It is administered by an unrecognized breakaway authority under the name Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic.

Geography: The Republic of Moldova lies in the Eastern part of Europe and occupies an area of 33,843.5 square km.

The capital of Moldova is Chisinau. On the North, East and South Moldova is surrounded by Ukraine, and on the West it is separated from Romania by the Prut River.

The total length of the national boundaries is 1,389 km, including 939 km with Ukraine and 450 km with Romania. The most northerly point is the village of Naslavcea (48º21´ N 27º35´ E), while the most southerly point, Giurgiulesti (45º 28´ N 28º 12´ E), which is the only settlement on the bank of the Danube. The most westerly point is the village of Criva (48º16´ N 26º30´ E) and the most easterly point is the village of Palanca (46º 25´ N 30º 05´ E).

The Republic of Moldova belongs to the group of countries located in the Black Sea Basin. It maintains close mutually advantageous commercial ties with these countries as well as the countries located in the Danube Basin. The southern border of the country extends almost as far as the Black Sea, which can be accessed through the Nistru Liman and the Danube River.

Source: ASM
Last up-date: 31 May 2010

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