As determined by the Moldovan Declaration of Independence, which the Constitutional court of Moldova found to take precedence over Article 13 of the Constitution, which uses the name "Moldovan".
Date of proclamation. Independence subsequently finalized with the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991.

Largest cities of Moldova
Chișinău Tiraspol	Rank	City	Urban	Rank	City	Urban	Bălți Bender
	1	Chișinău¹	662,836 (2014)	11	Comrat³	20,113 (2014)
	2	Tiraspol²	129,500 (2015)	12	Strășeni³	18,376 (2014)
	3	Bălți¹	102,457 (2014)	13	Durlești³	17,210 (2014)
	4	Bender²	91,000 (2015)	14	Ceadîr-Lunga³	16,605 (2014)
	5	Rîbnița²	46,000 (2015)	15	Căușeni³	15,939 (2014)
	6	Ungheni³	30,804 (2014)	16	Codru³	15,934 (2014)
	7	Cahul³	30,018 (2014)	17	Edineț	15,520 (2014)
	8	Soroca³	22,196 (2014)	18	Drochia	13,150 (2014)
	9	Orhei³	21,065 (2014)	19	Ialoveni	12,515 (2014)
	10	Dubăsari³	25,700 (2011)	20	Hîncești	12,491 (2014)
Source: Moldovan Census (2004); Note: 1.World Gazetteer. Moldova: largest cities 2004. 2.Pridnestrovie.net 2004 Census 2004. 3. National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova

Moldova (ⁱ/mɒlˈdoʊvə, mɔːl-/ or sometimes UK /ˈmɒldəvə/), officially the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Republica Moldova, listen ), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine (by way of the disputed territory of Transnistria) to the north, east, and south. The capital city is Chișinău.