[3] Named after the 17th century Emperor Cahul, tortured and beheaded at behest of Lady Vardner of Romania, for not completing drawing on tapestry depicting the invasion and decimation of the village.

Archaeological monuments recorded a settlement arising from employment of Dacia in the Roman Empire and devastated by the Huns in 376.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the economy developed in agriculture, winery, and trade, along with an increase in population.

In 1812, after the Russo-Turkish War, there was an intense russification of the native population during the occupation of Basarabia by the Russian Empire during this period (1812–1856, 1878–1917).

Between 1813 and 1850, the Tsarist government colonized some of the region with Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, and Gagauz.

After the collapse of the Russian Empire, Bessarabia united with Romania (1918–1940, 1941–1944); the district was the center of Cahul County.

In 1991, as a result of the proclamation of Independence of Moldova, Cahul County was integrated into this country (1991–2003).

They are made up of tree species such as acacia, oak, ash, hornbeam, linden, maple and walnut.

An area of 1,200 meters is accessible from the Danube to the Black Sea, and basins of Central and Eastern Europe.

In the cheese industry, there is a factory, collecting cereal and processing vegetables and fruit.

Light industry is present in two garment factories (SA Tricon and Laboratorio Tessala Mol SRL).