Editing Comrat

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{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Comrat
 | native_name              = Komrat
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 | settlement_type          = [[Municipiu|Municipality]]
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|photo2a =Komrat Devlet Universiteti1.jpg{{!}}Comrat State University
 | photo2b                  = Дом культуры в Комрате.jpg{{!}}House of Culture
 | photo3a                  = Komrat - kaplica zbudowana w miejscu gdzie dawniej znajdowała się cerkiew zburzona w czasach komunizmu.jpg{{!}}Chapel
 | photo3b                  = Центральный парк2.jpg{{!}}Central Park
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 | image_caption            = {{hlist|From top, left to right: Saint John the Baptist Cathedral|[[Comrat State University]]|House of Culture|Chapel|Central Park}}
 | image_flag               = Komrat flag.png
 | image_seal               = Coat of arms of Comrat.png
 | subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
 | subdivision_name         = {{MDA}}
 | subdivision_type1        = [[Autonomous Region]]
 | subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Gagauzia}}
 | subdivision_type2        = 
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 | established_title        = Founded
 | established_date         = 1443/1789
 | established_title2       = 
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 | leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
 | leader_name              = [[Sergey Anastasov]]<ref>''Açik TV''. "[http://www.gagauz.md/ru/content/viktor-volkov-budet-ispolnyat-obyazannosti-mera-komrata Viktor Volkov will perform the duties of the mayor of Comrat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103193055/http://www.gagauz.md/ru/content/viktor-volkov-budet-ispolnyat-obyazannosti-mera-komrata |date=2016-01-03 }}"</ref>
 | area_magnitude           = 
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 | area_total_km2           = 16,4
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 | population_as_of         = [[2014 Moldovan Census|2014]]
 | population_footnotes     = <ref name=bns2014>[http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014]: {{cite web | url= http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamint_pop_2014/Rezultate/Tabele/Caracteristici_populatie_Comune_RPL_2014_rom_rus_eng.xls | title= Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship) | publisher= [[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]] | format= XLS | year=2017 | access-date = 2017-05-01}}</ref>
 | population_total         = 20,113
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 | population_density_sq_mi = 
 | population_density_km2   = auto
 | timezone                 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
 | utc_offset               = +2
 | timezone_DST             = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
 | utc_offset_DST           = +3
 | pushpin_map              = Moldova Găgăuzia
 | pushpin_map_caption      = Location of Comrat in [[Moldova]]
 | coordinates              = {{coord|46|19|N|28|40|E|region:MD|display=inline,title}}
 | elevation_footnotes      = 
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 | blank_name               = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
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 | website                  = http://comrat.md
 | footnotes                = 
}}

'''Comrat''' ({{langx|ro|Comrat}}, {{IPA|ro|komˈrat}}; {{langx|gag|Komrat}}, {{langx|ru|Комрат}}) is a city and municipality<ref>[http://lex.justice.md/md/368393/ LEGE Nr. 248 din 03.11.2016 pentru modificarea și completarea Legii nr. 764-XV din 27 decembrie 2001 privind organizarea administrativ-teritorială a Republicii Moldova] {{in lang|ro}}</ref> in [[Moldova]] and the capital of the autonomous region of [[Gagauzia]]. It is located in the south of the country, on the [[Ialpug]] River. In 2014, Comrat's population was 20,113, of which the vast majority are [[Gagauz people|Gagauzians]].<ref name=bns2014 />

== History ==
[[File:Interbelic Comrat CoA.png|left|thumb|upright=0.65|The first seal of Comrat (1932–2005)]]
Comrat was first settled as early as 1443, with other sources claiming it was founded in 1789. Nevertheless, the settlement was sparsely populated until the new Russian government issued a decree in 1819 to resettle the region with [[Bulgarians]] and other nationalities from across the [[Danube]],<ref name=":2">http://aboutmoldova.md/ro/view_free.php?id=365 (in Romanian)</ref> after the territory was annexed by [[Russian Empire|Russia]] from [[Moldavia]] in 1812.

In 1906, the village revolted against the Russian authorities and proclaimed the autonomous (but not independent) [[Comrat Republic]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://vfokuse.md/news/index.php?newsid=1011|title=107 лет назад в Буджаке была провозглашена Комратская республика|newspaper=vfokuse.md|date=9 January 2013|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820160930/http://vfokuse.md/news/index.php?newsid=1011|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=http://gagauzinfo.md/g1/2543-106-let-nazad-byla-provozglashena.html|title=106 лет назад была провозглашена Комратская республика|newspaper=Gagauzinfo.MD|date=9 January 2012|language=ru}}</ref> Following [[World War I]], it was part of [[Kingdom of Romania]]. During [[World War II]], it was [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|occupied by the Soviet Union]] in 1940, before it was recaptured by Romania in 1941.

During the time when the town was part of [[Moldavian SSR]], Comrat's industry was geared toward the production of [[butter]], [[wine]], and [[Carpet|rug]]s, the latter decorated with [[Moldavia]]n motifs. The [[Comrat State University]] was established in 2002.

==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>

<div style="float:left">
{{Pie chart
|thumb=left
|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}}
{{Pie chart
|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}}
</div>

''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 
|type = 
|footnote =
|1930 | 12331
|1959 | 14361
|1970 | 21369
|1979 | 23652
|[[Soviet Census (1989)|1989]] | 25822
|[[2004 Moldovan Census|2004]] | 23327
|[[2014 Moldovan Census|2014]] | 20113
}}

== Economy ==
{{unreferenced section|date=November 2016}}
Comrat is situated in the southern wine zone of Moldova. It is known for production of red wine and muscat. In Comrat and its suburbs there are about 10 wineries.

Food production is very developed in the city. Comrat is a home for food processing factories, alcohol production, and an oil processing plant (the first and only one in Moldova).

There is also such economic agents as a ferro-concrete factory, furniture productions, [[wood processing]], production of plastic windows and doors, cattle butcheries, and transport companies.

==Sport==
Football clubs [[FC Olimp Comrat]] and [[Univer-Oguzsport]] are based in Comrat.

==Geography==

===Climate===
Comrat has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa''), characterized by warm summers and cool, drier winters with snow. Winter lows are often below {{convert|0|°C|0|abbr=on}}. In summer, the average maximum temperature is approximately {{convert|25|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The average annual [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] is relatively low.

{{Weather box
|location = Comrat (1991–2020, extremes 1897–2021)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 14.8
| Feb record high C = 21.7
| Mar record high C = 27.9
| Apr record high C = 31.4
| May record high C = 35.7
| Jun record high C = 38.2
| Jul record high C = 40.8
| Aug record high C = 40.0
| Sep record high C = 36.6
| Oct record high C = 33.3
| Nov record high C = 29.0
| Dec record high C = 17.1
| year record high C = 40.8
| Jan high C = 1.5
| Feb high C = 4.1
| Mar high C = 10.0
| Apr high C = 17.0
| May high C = 23.0
| Jun high C = 26.9
| Jul high C = 29.3
| Aug high C = 29.1
| Sep high C = 23.2
| Oct high C = 16.2
| Nov high C = 9.0
| Dec high C = 3.1
| year high C = 16.0
| Jan mean C = -1.7
| Feb mean C = 0.1
| Mar mean C = 4.8
| Apr mean C = 11.0
| May mean C = 16.8
| Jun mean C = 20.9
| Jul mean C = 23.1
| Aug mean C = 22.8
| Sep mean C = 17.3
| Oct mean C = 11.1
| Nov mean C = 5.2
| Dec mean C = -0.1
| year mean C = 10.9
| Jan low C = -4.5
| Feb low C = -3.1
| Mar low C = 0.7
| Apr low C = 5.9
| May low C = 11.2
| Jun low C = 15.4
| Jul low C = 17.4
| Aug low C = 17.1
| Sep low C = 12.2
| Oct low C = 7.0
| Nov low C = 2.2
| Dec low C = -2.7
| year low C = 6.6
| Jan record low C = -25.6
| Feb record low C = -28.1
| Mar record low C = -18.3
| Apr record low C = -8.1
| May record low C = -2.6
| Jun record low C = 5.4
| Jul record low C = 7.5
| Aug record low C = 5.7
| Sep record low C = -4.9
| Oct record low C = -7.5
| Nov record low C = -16.8
| Dec record low C = -22.2
| year record low C = -28.1
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 33
| Feb precipitation mm = 27
| Mar precipitation mm = 32
| Apr precipitation mm = 37
| May precipitation mm = 48
| Jun precipitation mm = 69
| Jul precipitation mm = 59
| Aug precipitation mm = 46
| Sep precipitation mm = 42
| Oct precipitation mm = 43
| Nov precipitation mm = 39
| Dec precipitation mm = 39
| year precipitation mm = 514
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 6
| Feb precipitation days = 6
| Mar precipitation days = 6
| Apr precipitation days = 6
| May precipitation days = 7
| Jun precipitation days = 7
| Jul precipitation days = 6
| Aug precipitation days = 5
| Sep precipitation days = 5
| Oct precipitation days = 6
| Nov precipitation days = 5
| Dec precipitation days = 6
| year precipitation days = 71
| Jan humidity = 84
| Feb humidity = 82
| Mar humidity = 76
| Apr humidity = 66
| May humidity = 64
| Jun humidity = 65
| Jul humidity = 63
| Aug humidity = 63
| Sep humidity = 67
| Oct humidity = 73
| Nov humidity = 83
| Dec humidity = 86
| year humidity = 73
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821005541/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Moldova/CSV/Comrat_33883.csv
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Moldova/CSV/Comrat_33883.csv
| title = Comrat Climate Normals 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 21 August 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = Serviciul Hidrometeorologic de Stat (extremes, relative humidity)<ref name = GHID>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250418163724/https://www.meteo.md/images/uploads/news/2023/05/Ghid%20Climatic%20RM_2024.pdf
| archive-date = 18 April 2025
| url = https://www.meteo.md/images/uploads/news/2023/05/Ghid%20Climatic%20RM_2024.pdf
| title = GHID CLIMATIC al Republicii Moldova
| publisher = Serviciul Hidrometeorologic de Stat
| language = ro
| access-date = 26 March 2025}}</ref>
}}

==Notable people==
* [[Petar Draganov]] (1857 in Komrat - 1928) Russian philologist and [[Slavist]] 
* [[Reuven Shari]] (1903 in Comrat – 1989) was a Russian-born Israeli politician
* [[Alexandru Bârlădeanu]] (1911 in Comrat – 1997) a Romanian [[Marxian economist]] who was prominent during the Communist regime, sidelined in 1968
* [[Sorana Gurian]] (1913 in Comrat – 1956) a writer, journalist, and translator, emigrated to Israel and France
* [[Anatoliy Blashku]] (born 1944 in Komrat) was the Minister of Industry of [[Transnistria]], a Moldovan who moved to [[Tiraspol]] as a teenager
* [[Alexandr Stoianoglo]] (born 1967 in Comrat) a Moldovan politician and member of the [[Parliament of Moldova]] since 2009.
* [[Irina Vlah]] (born 1974 in Comrat) a Moldovan politician, Governor (Başkan) of the [[Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia]]
* [[Igor Cobileanski]] (born 1974 in Comrat) a Moldovan film director
* [[Mihai Cojusea]] (born 1978 in Comrat) a Moldavian football striker who plays for [[CF Gagauziya]]
* [[Alexander Romanov (fighter)|Alexander Romanov]] (born 1990 in Comrat) a Moldavian UFC heavyweight fighter

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Moldova}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
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Comrat is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Erzsébetváros]], [[Budapest]] region, [[Hungary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comrat.md/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=116|title=Примэрия мун. Комрат}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Pendik]], [[Istanbul]] region, [[Turkey]];
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hendek]], [[Turkey]];
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Sapanca]], [[Turkey]];
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Küçükkuyu]], [[Turkey]];
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Isparta]], [[Turkey]];
*{{flagicon|Northern Cyprus}} [[North Nicosia]], [[Northern Cyprus]];
*{{flagicon|Northern Cyprus}} [[Akanthou|Tatlısu]], [[Northern Cyprus]];
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow]] region [[Sokolniki, Russia]];
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Grozny]], [[Russia]];
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Bavly]], [[Tatarstan]], [[Russia]];
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Bolhrad]], [[Ukraine]];
{{Div col end}}

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
Исполком Гагаузии.jpg|[[The Executive Committee of Gagauzia]]
Центральная площадь Комрата.jpg|Central Square
Центральный парк Комрата.jpg|Central Park
Comrat State University.jpg|[[Comrat State University]]
Altin_palas.jpg|Hotel "Altyn Palace"
ТЦ "Комрат-Сити".jpg|Shopping center "Comrat-City"
Lenin statue in Comrat.jpg|Lenin statue
Street in Comrat4.jpg|Street in Comrat
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.comrat.md/ Official website]

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