MOLDOVA MOLDOVA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 27 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 28 1994 POPULATION 4460838 1999 EST AREA 13012 SQ MI CAPITAL CHISINAU FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES GYPSUM LIGNITE PHOSPHORITE MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING MACHINERY REFRIGERATORS FREEZERS WASHING MACHINES HOSIERY SUGAR VEGETABLE OIL SHOES TEXTILES AGRICULTURE VEGETABLES FRUITS WINE GRAIN SUGAR BEETS SUNFLOWERS TOBACCO LIVESTOCK DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY LEU GDP 10 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2200 1998 EST LANGUAGES MOLDOVAN OFFICIAL RUSSIAN GAGAUZ RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY EASTERN ORTHODOXY BAPTISTS JUDAISM LITERACY RATE 96 LIFE EXPECTANCY 60 YEARS MALE 69 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 13 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
