Comrat
Komrat | |
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City | |
Location of Comrat in Moldova | |
Coordinates: 46°19′N 28°40′E / 46.317°N 28.667°ECoordinates: 46°19′N 28°40′E / 46.317°N 28.667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous Region | ![]() |
Founded | 1789 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sergey Anastasov[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 164 km2 (63 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,113 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | http://comrat.md |
Comrat (Romanian: Comrat, Romanian pronunciation: [komˈrat]; Gagauz: Komrat, Russian and Bulgarian: Комрат, romanized: Komrat) is a city and municipality[3] in Moldova and the capital of the autonomous region of Gagauzia. It is located at 46°19′N 28°40′E / 46.317°N 28.667°E, in the south of the country, on the Ialpug River. In 2014, Comrat's population was 20,113, of which the vast majority are Gagauzians.[2]
Comrat began to be settled in 1789, and received town privileges in 1957.[citation needed]
In 1906, the village revolted against the Russian authorities and proclaimed the autonomous (but not independent) Comrat Republic.[4][5]
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. The Comrat State University was established in 2002.
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.
Comrat Wines - the oldest winery located in the south of Republic of Moldova.[citation needed]
Aur-Vin is a Moldovan wine producer from Comrat. This factory takes part of the Moldovan wine producer Dionis Club.
Comrat is twinned with:
Comrat has a humid continental climate (Dfb, bordering on 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 annual precipitation is relatively low.
Climate data for Comrat | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
14.8 (58.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.6 (38.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 31 (1.2) |
35 (1.4) |
30 (1.2) |
39 (1.5) |
51 (2.0) |
71 (2.8) |
60 (2.4) |
44 (1.7) |
44 (1.7) |
26 (1.0) |
34 (1.3) |
35 (1.4) |
500 (19.6) |
Source: Climate-data.org[8] |