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What country does Moldova belong to?
Moldova is located in the southeast of Europe. In the west is Romania, the rest of the national territory borders on Ukraine. So, in the north, east and south, Ukraine surrounds Moldova. However, a strip in the border area with Ukraine declared Transnistria independent of Moldova in 1992 (see history). However, Moldova continues to claim the territory for itself.
Although Moldova’s borders are not far from the Black Sea, it is a landlocked country without access to a sea, because here Ukraine still has its national territory in between.
Moldova is a rather small country. From north to south it stretches for 350 kilometers, from west to east it is 150 kilometers. The country lies mainly between two rivers: the Dniester flows in the east and forms the border with Ukraine or in its further course with Transnistria, in the west the Pruth is the border with Romania. The Pruth flows into the Danube in the south.
Historically, this area is called Bessarabia. This has nothing to do with Arabia, but derives from a ruling family called Besarab.
The country’s name is derived from the river Moldova (German Moldau), which today flows in the northeast of Romania (not to be confused with the Vltava in the Czech Republic). The official name of the state is also not Moldova, but the Republic of Moldova.
Moldova is very flat in the south. There is steppe here. To the north, the country becomes more hilly, but not mountainous: the highest mountain is also just a hill at 430 meters. The largest city is the capital Chișinău (Chisinau) with about 500,000 inhabitants, the second largest city is Tiraspol, but it is located in Transnistria. This is followed by Bălți, in German: Belz, with around 100,000 inhabitants.
Is Moldova part of Russia or Romania?
Is Moldova a rich or poor country?
Is Moldova a NATO member?
