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Comrat Komrat | |
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  Comrat Location of Comrat inMoldova | |
| Coordinates:46°19′N28°40′E / 46.317°N 28.667°E /46.317; 28.667 | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| Autonomous Region |  Gagauzia |
| Founded | 1443/1789 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sergey Anastasov[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 164 km2 (63 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 19,120 |
| • Density | 117/km2 (302/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | Official website |
Comrat (Romanian:Comrat,Romanian pronunciation:[komˈrat];Gagauz:Komrat,Russian:Комрат) is a city and municipality[3] inMoldova and the capital of the autonomous region ofGagauzia. It is located in the south of the country, on theIalpug River. The vast majority of the inhabitants areGagauz.
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 withBulgarians and other nationalities from across theDanube,[4] after the territory was annexed byRussia fromMoldavia in 1812.
In 1906, the village revolted against the Russian authorities and proclaimed the autonomous (but not independent)Comrat Republic.[5][6] FollowingWorld War I, it was part ofKingdom of Romania. DuringWorld War II, it wasoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, before it was recaptured by Romania in 1941.
During the time when the town was part ofMoldavian SSR, Comrat's industry was geared toward the production ofbutter,wine, andrugs, the latter decorated withMoldavian motifs. TheComrat State University was established in 2002.
According to the2024 census, 19,120 inhabitants lived in Comrat (making it the eleventh largest city in Moldova), a decrease compared to the previous census in 2014, when 20,113 inhabitants were registered.[7][8]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1930 | 12,331 | — |
| 1959 | 14,361 | +16.5% |
| 1970 | 21,369 | +48.8% |
| 1979 | 23,652 | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 25,822 | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 23,327 | −9.7% |
| 2014 | 20,113 | −13.8% |
| 2024 | 19,120 | −4.9% |
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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.
Football clubsFC Olimp Comrat andUniver-Oguzsport are based in Comrat.
Comrat has ahumid continental climate (Dfa), characterized by warm summers and cool, drier winters with snow. Winter lows are often below 0 °C (32 °F). In summer, the average maximum temperature is approximately 25 °C (77 °F). The average annualprecipitation is relatively low.
| Climate data for Comrat (1991–2020, extremes 1897–2021) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 27.9 (82.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 35.7 (96.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 40.8 (105.4) | 40.0 (104.0) | 36.6 (97.9) | 33.3 (91.9) | 29.0 (84.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 40.8 (105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.1 (84.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.8 (40.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.2 (41.4) | −0.1 (31.8) | 10.9 (51.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) | −3.1 (26.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 5.9 (42.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.7 (27.1) | 6.6 (43.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −28.1 (−18.6) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −8.1 (17.4) | −2.6 (27.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | −4.9 (23.2) | −7.5 (18.5) | −16.8 (1.8) | −22.2 (−8.0) | −28.1 (−18.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 33 (1.3) | 27 (1.1) | 32 (1.3) | 37 (1.5) | 48 (1.9) | 69 (2.7) | 59 (2.3) | 46 (1.8) | 42 (1.7) | 43 (1.7) | 39 (1.5) | 39 (1.5) | 514 (20.2) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 71 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 84 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 83 | 86 | 73 |
| Source 1:NOAA[11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Serviciul Hidrometeorologic de Stat (extremes, relative humidity)[12] | |||||||||||||
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Comrat istwinned with:
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