| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Europe |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% |
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