Comrat Komrat
Municipality
From top, left to right: Saint John the Baptist Cathedral Comrat State University House of Culture Chapel Central Park
Flag Seal
Comrat Location of Comrat in Moldova
Coordinates: 46°19′N 28°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  (2014)[2]
• Total	20,113
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://comrat.md

Comrat (Romanian: Comrat, Romanian pronunciation: [komˈrat]; Gagauz: Komrat, Russian: Комрат) is a city and municipality^[3] 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 Gagauzians.^[2]

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,^[4] after the territory was annexed by Russia from Moldavia in 1812.

In 1906, the village revolted against the Russian authorities and proclaimed the autonomous (but not independent) Comrat Republic.^[5][6] Following World War I, it was part of Kingdom of Romania. During World War II, it was 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 rugs, the latter decorated with Moldavian motifs. The Comrat State University was established in 2002.

According to the 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.^[7]

Footnotes:

* There is an 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 In 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,^[10] thus giving official status to the name Romanian.^[11][12]

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.

Football clubs FC Olimp Comrat and Univer-Oguzsport are based in Comrat.

Comrat has a humid 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 annual precipitation is relatively low.

• 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
• Alexandru 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 (born 1990 in Comrat) a Moldavian UFC heavyweight fighter

Comrat is twinned with:

• 
  The Executive Committee of Gagauzia
• 
  Central Square
• 
  Central Park
• 
  Comrat State University
• 
  Hotel "Altyn Palace"
• 
  Shopping center "Comrat-City"
• 
  Lenin statue
• 
  Street in Comrat

• Official website

v t e Cities and communes of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, Moldova
District seat: Comrat
Municipalities	Comrat
Cities	Ceadîr-Lunga Vulcănești
Communes	Avdarma Baurci Beșalma Beșghioz Bugeac Carbalia Cazaclia Chioselia Rusă Chiriet-Lunga Chirsova Cioc-Maidan Cișmichioi Congaz Congazcicul de Sus Copceac Cotovscoe Dezghingea Etulia Ferapontievca Gaidar Joltai Svetlîi Tomai
Villages of sub-city or sub-commune level	Alexeevca Congazcicul de Jos Dudulești Etulia Nouă Etulia, set.-rw.st. Vulcănești, set.-rw.st.

v t e Administrative divisions of Moldova
Districts	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Dubăsari Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Autonomous territorial units	Găgăuzia Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester1
Municipalities	Bălți Bender1 Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Chișinău Comrat Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Tiraspol1 Ungheni
1 Currently controlled by the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

v t e Cities and towns of Moldova
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Tiraspol1 Bălți Bender (Tighina)2 Comrat Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Ungheni
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat3 Tiraspol1,3
District seats4	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Other towns	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca1 Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe1 Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc1 Dubăsari1 Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol1 Iargara Lipcani Maiac1 Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița1 Sîngera Slobozia1 Tiraspolul Nou1 Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești
1 In Transnistria. 2 Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. 3 Also a municipality. 4 The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).