Editing Comrat (section)

==Demographics==
According to the [[Moldovan Census (2014)|2014 census]], the population of Comrat amounted to 20,113 inhabitants (making it the tenth largest city in Moldova), a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 23,327 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 9,528 were men and 10,585 were women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensamint.statistica.md/ro/dissemination/person/d2c9fe5f9026a0df951f0f8db0f7837f|title=2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang|ro|ru|en}}</ref>

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|caption=Ethnic composition of Comrat (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensamint.statistica.md/ro/dissemination/person/7b6ad2297d3beb569ddf3ee1ce22ffa8|title=2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang|ro|ru|en}}</ref> 
|label1=[[Gagauz people|Gagauz]]|value1=75.10|color1=#DDEEEE
|label2=[[Moldovans]]*|value2=8.86|color2=#8A2BE2
|label3=[[Romanians]]|value3=0.05|color3=#8080ff
|label4=[[Russians in Moldova|Russians]]|value4=6.48|color4=#c08080
|label5=[[Bessarabian Bulgarians|Bulgarians]]|value5=4.36|color5=#3fc03f
|label6=[[Ukrainians in Moldova|Ukrainians]]|value6=3.73|color6=#ffff80
|label7=Others|value7=1.43|color7=#9f9f9f}}
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|thumb=right
|caption=:Linguistic composition of Comrat (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensamint.statistica.md/ro/dissemination/person/a253f7f97019cf1a2c74eed3ce23db58|title=2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang|ro|ru|en}}</ref>
|label1=[[Gagauz language|Gagauz]]|value1=64.17|color1=#DDEEEE
|label2=[[Russian language|Russian]]|value2=24.86|color2=#c08080
|label3=[[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]*|value3=6.38|color3=#8A2BE2
|label4=[[Romanian language|Romanian]]|value4=0.09|color4=#8080ff
|label5=[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]|value5=2.47|color5=#3fc03f
|label6=[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]|value6=1.35|color6=#ffff80
|label7=Other|value7=0.68|color7=#9f9f9f}}
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''Footnotes'':

'''*''' ''There is an [[Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova|ongoing controversy]] regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.''

'''*''' ''Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the [[Romanian language]] in Moldova. In 2013, the [[Constitutional Court of Moldova]] interpreted that Article&nbsp;13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,<ref name="const-court">{{cite news  | title = Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituție în corelație cu Preambulul Constituției și Declarația de Independență a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 și 41b/2013)  | publisher = Constitutional Court of Moldova  | quote = 124.&nbsp;... Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conținută în Declarația de Independență referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conținute în articolul 13 al Constituției.  | trans-quote = 124.&nbsp;... Therefore, the Court considers that the provision contained in the Declaration of Independence regarding the Romanian language as the state language of the Republic of Moldova prevails over the provision regarding the Moldovan language contained in Article 13 of the Constitution.  | language = ro  | url = http://constcourt.md/download.php?file=cHVibGljL2NjZG9jL2hvdGFyaXJpL3JvLWhfMzZfMjAxM19yby5wZGY%3D  | access-date = 20 December 2013  | archive-date = 5 March 2016  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051137/http://constcourt.md/download.php?file=cHVibGljL2NjZG9jL2hvdGFyaXJpL3JvLWhfMzZfMjAxM19yby5wZGY%3D  | url-status = live  }}</ref> thus giving official status to the name ''Romanian''.<ref name="foxnews">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-05 |title=Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan' |work=[[Fox News]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/moldovan-court-rules-official-language-is-romanian-replacing-soviet-flavored-moldovan/ |access-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209102718/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/05/moldovan-court-rules-official-language-is-romanian-replacing-soviet-flavored |archive-date=2013-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-romanian-official-language/25191455.html| title=Chisinau Recognizes Romanian As Official Language| newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty| date=5 December 2013| access-date=11 March 2014| archive-date=23 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923021555/http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-romanian-official-language/25191455.html| url-status=live}}</ref>''

{{Historical populations 
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|1930 | 12331
|1959 | 14361
|1970 | 21369
|1979 | 23652
|[[Soviet Census (1989)|1989]] | 25822
|[[2004 Moldovan Census|2004]] | 23327
|[[2014 Moldovan Census|2014]] | 20113
}}