Western Moldavia

Western Moldavia Moldova Occidentală (Romanian)
Historical region of Romania
Map of Romania with region Moldavia in yellow
Country	Romania
Area
• Total	46,173 km2 (17,827 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	4,065,189
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym	Moldavian
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Western Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova Occidentală, Moldova de Apus, Moldova de Vest), also called Romanian Moldavia, or simply just Moldova is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the Principality of Moldavia also included, at various times in its history, the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina, and Hertsa; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it, the northern part of Bukovina, and Hertsa form territories of Ukraine.

Romanian Moldavia consists of eight counties, spanning over 18% of Romania's territory. Six out of the 8 counties make up Romania's designated Nord-Est development region, while the two southern counties are included within Romania's Sud-Est development region. It comprises roughly 48.67% of the wider region of Moldavia.