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Comrat
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Comrat / Komrat
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| Country | Moldova | ||
| Autonomous Region | Gagauzia | ||
| Founded | 1789 | ||
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| - Mayor | Nicolai Dudoglo | ||
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| - Total | 23,429 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
Comrat (Gagauz: Komrat; Russian: Комрат / Komrat) is a city in Moldova and the capital of the autonomous region of Gagauzia. It is located at , in the south of the country, on the Ialpug River. In 2004, Comrat's population was 23,429, of which the vast majority are Gagauzians.
The name is of Turkic and Nogai origin.
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Comrat began to be settled in 1789, and received town privileges in 1957.[citation needed] During the time when the town was part of Moldavian SSR, Comrat's industry was geared toward the production of butter, wine, and rugs, the latter ornated with Moldavian motifs. Recently, a university was established in Comrat.
- 1989: 25,800 (official census)[1]
- 1991: 27,500 (estimation)
- 1996: 27,400 (estimation)
- 2004: 23,429 (official census)
- 2006: 22,369 (estimation)
- Cathedral, built in 1820
- Museum of local history
- Museum of Gagauz culture, located in the suburb of Beşalma
- ^ World Gazetteer. "Comrat". Accessed September 22, 2006.
This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of September 22, 2006.
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| Municipalities | Chişinău · Bălţi · Tighina · Comrat1 · Tiraspol1 | |
| Autonomous regions | Găgăuzia · Transnistria2 | |
| 1 Comrat and Tiraspol have municipality status but are not among the first-level subdivisions of Moldova, being part of, respectively, Găgăuzia and Transnistria. 2 The political status of Transnistria is not settled. |
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