Cimișlia

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Cimișlia () is a town located in the southern part of Moldova situated on the banks of the Cogâlnic River, between the capital of Chișinău and the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia. Cimişlia had a population of 11,997 according to the 2014 census. The town is also the seat/administrative center () of Cimișlia District. It also administers three villages as follows: Bogdanovca Nouă, Bogdanovca Veche, and Dimitrovca.

History

The first written mention of Cimişlia dates from 4 July 1620, when the savant Vladimir Nicu explained that a local legend had given the town its name from an unknown origin word meaning "wealth". The priest Iacob Iusipescu, who made the first attempt at a written history of Cimişlia in 1874, explained that in fact it was a word of unknown origin, but cimiş was the name given to construction workers and bricklayers at that time, used by Romanian and Tatar alike.

The basis for the name might also lie in a bucolic legend of lovers, Cimiş şi Lia (Cimiş and Lia), for whom jewels appeared, birds sang, and springs appeared from the earth.

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In fact, the reality of the locale is much harsher. Although in 1827 Cimişlia became an administrative center, many of its residents died of a plague and there was need of a special cemetery in the southeast part of town. Situated on the steppe of Budjak, by the Cogâlnic river, the city has often suffered from the droughts typical of the area. Dimitrie Cantemir, referring to this river in his work Descriptio Moldaviae, says "...one could say that it doesn't arise from a spring: it is only full after the rains of autumn and only then can one call it even a rivulet. All summer it is dry..." This would apply as well in our time.

In 1840 the locality received a statute as a market town. Its first school opened in 1844, and in 1885 the "hospital" of Zemstva (treating both people and animals). Between the two World Wars, (1918–1940), Cimişlia formed part of Tighina County or Ținutul Nistru; later, as part of the Soviet Union, it became a district center.

Location

Cimişlia is in Raionul Cimişlia, Moldova, on the banks of the river Cogâlnic.

It is located 73 km from the capital, Chişinău, at the intersection of several of the country's more important roads: it is on the route from Chişinău to Bolgrad or Giurgiuleşti, and is also on the Tiraspol – Leova road. It is 30 km from Comrat, 57 km from Căuşeni, 35 km from Hînceşti, 28 km from Basarabeasca, and 52 km from Leova, at latitude 46°30'10" N. longitude 28°48'30" E.

The city proper covers 2.084 km2; the associated area extends to 146.12 km2, including 84.13 km2 of agricultural land, including orchards and pasture.

Economy

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The economy consists mainly of an agro-industrial complex with a well-developed network of manufacturing agricultural products, including meat, dairy, tree-fruit, and grain farming, as well as winemaking.

The Cimişlia railroad station, which takes advantage of the broad network of links toward the warehouses of the industrial and commercial companies of the city, is located in the village Mihailovka at a distance of 12 km.

Mineral resources

Fossil deposits on a territory of 2.56 km2 in bluffs in the southeast of the city were discovered by I. Suhov in 1932 to contain bones, the remains of Hipparion fauna of the Turolian type, which were studied and described in numerous monographs published in Bucharest (I. Simionescu et al.) and Moscow (L. Gabunia). This deposit is of interest for geological correlations and paleogeographic reconstruction. It has been proposed that it become a scientific reserve.

Notable people

Gallery

Cimișlia ravines W 13093bc4.jpg|Panoramic view over Cimișlia at sunset, with its hilly ravines in the background File:Cimișlia panorama.jpg|Panoramic view over Cimișlia during daytime (2017) File:R47, Cimişlia, Moldova - panoramio (2).jpg|Panoramic view of Cimișlia, as seen from a nearby green hill File:Policlinica Cimișlia.jpg|The local polyclinic File:R47, Cimişlia, Moldova - panoramio (1).jpg|Panoramic view of a part of the town File:Novostroy 20081206.jpg|New residential apartment blocks in Cimișlia built during the late 2000s File:Youth on the grape harvest (1972). (8591084407).jpg|Grape harvest in the early 1970s File:R47, Cimişlia, Moldova - panoramio (3).jpg|Meadows near Cimișlia File:Cimișlia ravines 5d-xbQqSG5s.jpg|Cimișlia ravines File:Cimișlia ravines W b42d0890.jpg|Cimișlia ravines File:Cimișlia ravines J93pmyVyZCA.jpg|Cimișlia ravines File:Cimișlia ravines W 80eac549.jpg|Cimișlia ravines

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Moldova

Twin towns – Sister cities

Cimișlia is twinned with:

References

References

  1. (2019). "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul alegerilor locale generale din 20 octombrie 2019". [[Comisia Electorală Centrală a Republicii Moldova]].
  3. (2017). "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)". [[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]].
  4. "Orașe înfrățite". Primăria Orașului Cimișlia.

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