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Comrat
Comrat (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in Moldova and the capital of the autonomous region of Gagauzia. It is located in the south of the country, on the Ialpug River. The vast majority of the inhabitants are Gagauz.
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Comrat is a city in southern Moldova that serves as the capital of Gagauzia, an autonomous region with a mostly Gagauz population. It matters as the administrative center of this distinct ethnic and political region within Moldova.
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Place details
- Locality
- Comrat
- Region
- Gagauzia
- Country
- Moldova
- Population
- 22,911
Travel guide
Understand
In 2014, Comrat's population was 20,000, of which the vast majority were Gagauz.
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 a ferro-concrete factory, furniture productions, wood processing, production of plastic windows and doors, cattle butcheries, and transport companies.
Comrat is found 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.
See
right|thumb|upright=1.3|Cathedral of Saint John Baptist
Buy
In Comrat there are the supermarkets "Fourchette" and "Linella" as well as the "Comrat City" mall. You can also buy daily goods at the central market square and the market square in Bugeac. There's a new shopping mall under construction next to the central square.
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- International relations
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Comrat (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in Moldova and the capital of the autonomous region of Gagauzia. It is located in the south of the country, on the Ialpug River. The vast majority of the inhabitants are Gagauz.
== History == 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, after the territory was annexed by Russia from Moldavia in 1812.
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