Western Moldavia
Moldavia
Moldova (Romanian) | |
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 Map of Romania with region Moldavia in yellow | |
| Country | Romania |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46,173 km2 (17,827 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,178,694 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Moldavian |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova), also called Romanian Moldavia or Western Moldavia, is the main historic and geographical part of the old Principality of Moldavia. It is in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Romanian Moldavia is made up of eight counties. This covers over 18% of Romania's territory. Six out of the 8 counties make up Romania's Nord-Est development region. The two southern counties are in Romania's Sud-Est development region. It makes up around 48.67% of full Moldavia.